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A number of issues in heterotic double field theory are studied. This includes the analysis of the T-dual configurations of a flat constant gauge flux background, which turn out to be non-geometric. Performing a field redefinition to a non-geometric frame, these T-duals take a very simple form reminiscent of the constant Q- and R-flux backgrounds. In addition, it is shown how the analysis of arXiv:1304.2784 generalizes to heterotic generalized geometry. For every field redefinition specified by an O(D, D + n) transformation, the structure of the resulting supergravity action is governed by the differential geometry of a corresponding Lie algebroid.
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Blumenhagen, R., Sun, R. T-duality, non-geometry and Lie algebroids in heterotic double field theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 97 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)097
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