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Tailoring T-Duality Beyond the First Loop

In this article we review a recent calculation of the two-loop $\sigma$-model corrections to the T-duality map in string theory. Using the effective action approach, and focusing on backgrounds with a single Abelian isometry, we give the $O(\alpha')$ modifications of the lowest-order duality tr...

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Autores principales: Kaloper, Nemanja, Meissner, Krzysztof A.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/332910
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Sumario:In this article we review a recent calculation of the two-loop $\sigma$-model corrections to the T-duality map in string theory. Using the effective action approach, and focusing on backgrounds with a single Abelian isometry, we give the $O(\alpha')$ modifications of the lowest-order duality transformations. The torsion plays an important role in the theory to $O(\alpha')$, because of the Chern-Simons couplings to the gauge fields that arise via dimensional reduction.