AN INTRODUCTION TO T-DUALITY IN STRING THEORY

被引：206

作者：

ALVAREZ, E ^{[1
]}

ALVAREZGAUME, L ^{[1
]}

LOZANO, Y ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CERN,DIV THEORY,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND

来源：

NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1995年

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D O I：

10.1016/0920-5632(95)00429-D

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

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摘要：

In these lectures a general introduction to T-duality is given. In the abelian case the approaches of Buscher, and Rocek and Verlinde are reviewed. Buscher's prescription for the dilaton transformation is recovered from a careful definition of the gauge integration measure. It is also shown how duality can be understood as a quite simple canonical transformation. Some aspects of non-abelian duality are also discussed, in particular what is known on relation to canonical transformations. Some implications of the existence of duality on the cosmological constant and the definition of distance in String Theory are also suggested.

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