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We study the dynamics of strings with non-zero winding number around T-duality defects. We deduce that the physics near the core of such non-geometric objects involves winding modes that are not captured by the supergravity approximation, and we argue that such corrections are T-dual to the modes responsible for quantum corrections of semi-flat elliptic metrics. We furthermore construct a solution of double field theory that captures part of such near-core physics.
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Lüst, D., Plauschinn, E. & Camell, V.V. Unwinding strings in semi-flatland. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 27 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)027
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