Abstract
Admitting non-Riemannian geometries, double field theory extends the notion of spacetime beyond the Riemannian paradigm. We identify a class of singular spacetimes known in general relativity with regular non-Riemannian geometries. The former divergences merely correspond to coordinate singularities of the generalized metric for the latter. Computed in the string frame, they feature an impenetrable non-Riemannian sphere outside of which geodesics are complete with no singular deviation. Approaching the non-Riemannian points, particles freeze and strings become (anti)chiral.
- Received 8 June 2021
- Accepted 24 November 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.041602
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