Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-06-23
Class.Quant.Grav. 13 (1996) 321-343
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
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Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/13/3/002
We study exhaustively the solution-generating transformations (dualities) that occur in the context of the low-energy effective action of superstring theory. We first consider target-space duality (``T duality'') transformations in absence of vector fields. We find that for one isometry the full duality group is (SO^{\uparrow}(1,1))^{3} x D_{4}, the discrete part (D_{4}) being non-Abelian. We, then, include non-Abelian Yang--Mills fields and find the corresponding generalization of the T duality transformations. We study the \alpha^{\prime} corrections to these transformations and show that the T duality rules considerably simplify if the gauge group is embedded in the holonomy group. Next, in the case in which there are Abelian vector fields, we consider the duality group that includes the transformation introduced by Sen that rotates among themselves components of the metric, axion and vector field. Finally we list the duality symmetries of the Type II theories with one isometry.
Bergshoeff Eric
Janssen Bert
Ortin Tomas
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