Duality Symmetric Strings, Dilatons and O(d,d) Effective Actions

Daniel C. Thompson; David S. Berman

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Duality Symmetric Strings, Dilatons and O(d,d) Effective Actions

David S. Berman, Daniel C. Thompson

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 7 Dec 2007

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The authors' main claim We are able to interpret the result in terms of a dimensionally reduced O(d,d) invariant target space effective action.

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We calculate the background field equations for the T-duality symmetric string building on previous work by including the effect of the Dilaton up to two-loops. Inclusion of the Dilaton allows us to obtain the full beta functionals of the duality symmetric sigma model. We are able to interpret the result in terms of a dimensionally reduced O(d,d) invariant target space effective action.

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We calculate the background field equations for the T-duality symmetric string building on previous work by including the effect of the Dilaton up to two-loops. Inclusion of the Dilaton allows us to obtain the full beta functionals of the duality symmetric sigma model. We are able to interpret the result in terms of a dimensionally reduced O(d,d) invariant target space effective action.

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In these notes we will push the techniques of [ref] further and apply them at two-loop order.

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In [ref] this constraint was incorporated into the action using the method of Pasti, Sorokin and Tonin [ref] .

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