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Non-Abelian Axial-Vector Duality: a Geometric Description
We give a geometric characterization of the quasi axial-vector
(Kiritsis-Obers) target space duality in the spirit of the bi-algebra
(Klimcik-Severa) approach. We show that the sigma-models constructed by taking
quotients have non-abelian chiral currents that obey "non-commutative
conservation laws" and provide the criterion for a sigma-model to have a dual
using the axial-vector procedure.Comment: 10 pages, plain LaTeX 2e. The paper (and conclusions) is
significantly revised due to a misprint in one of the references. If you read
the old version, you SHOULD get this on
On Conformal Properties of the Dualized Sigma-Models
We have calculated the first-order beta-functions for a sigma-model ( with
dilaton) dualized with respect to an arbitrary Lie group that acts without
isotropy. We find that non-abelian duality preserves conformal invariance for
semi-simple groups, but in general there is an extra contribution to the
beta-function proportional to the trace of the structure constants, which
cannot be absorbed into an additional dilaton shift. Two particular examples, a
Bianchi V cosmological background and the G \otimes G WZW model, are discussed.Comment: 12 pages, LaTeX 2e with fleqn.sty (removed the Stony Brook emblem
which was causing problems
Poisson-Lie T-Duality: the Path-Integral Derivation
We formulate Poisson-Lie T-duality in a path-integral manner that allows us
to analyze the quantum corrections. Using the path-integral, we rederive the
most general form of a Poisson-Lie dualizeable background and the generalized
Buscher transformation rules it has to satisfy.Comment: 16 pages, plain LaTeX 2e, one paragraph added to the conclusions;
this is the final version accepted by Physics Letters
Recent developments in non-Abelian T-duality in string theory
We briefly review the essential points of our recent work in non-Abelian
T-duality. In particular, we show how non-abelian T-duals can effectively
describe infinitely high spin sectors of a parent theory and how to implement
the transformation in the presence of non-vanishing Ramond fields in type-II
supergravity.Comment: 8 pages, Proceedings contribution to the 10th Hellenic School on
Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity, Corfu, Greece, September 201
A New Duality Symmetry in String Theory
We consider the conformal gauging of non-abelian groups. In such cases there
are inequivalent ways of gauging (generalizing the axial and vector cases for
abelian groups) corresponding to external automorphisms of the group. Different
\s-models obtained this way correspond to the same conformal field theory. We
use the method of quotients to formulate this equivalence as a new duality
symmetry.Comment: LaTeX, 7pp, CERN-TH.7310/94, CPTH-A309.0694 (Some clarifications
added
Remarks on Non-Abelian Duality
A class of two-dimensional globally scale-invariant, but not conformally
invariant, theories is obtained. These systems are identified in the process of
discussing global and local scaling properties of models related by duality
transformations, based on non-semisimple isometry groups. The construction of
the dual partner of a given model is followed through; non-local as well as
local versions of the former are discussed.Comment: 33 pages, CERN-TH.7414/94, RI-9-94, WIS-7-9
Bosonization as Duality
We show that bosonization in two dimensions can be derived as a special case
of the duality transformations that have recently been used to good effect in
string theory. This allows the construction of the bosonic counterpart of any
fermionic theory simply by `following your nose' using the standard duality
transformation rules. We work through the bosonization of the Dirac fermion,
the massive and massless Thirring models, and a fermion on a cylindrical
spacetime as illustrative examples.Comment: plain TeX, 21 page
Perturbative Quantum (In)equivalence of Dual Models in dimensions
Various examples of target space duality transformations are investigated up
to two loop order in perturbation theory. Our results show that when using the
tree level (`naive') transformation rules the dual theories are in general {\it
inequivalent} at two loops to the original ones, (both for the Abelian and the
non Abelian duality).Comment: 11 pages, Latex, uses espcrc2.st
Non-Abelian T-duality for open strings
In the first part of the talk we discuss T-duality for a free boson on a
world sheet with boundary in a setting suitable for the generalization to
non-trivial backgrounds. The gauging method as well as the canonical
transformation are considered. In both cases Dirichlet strings as T-duals of
Neumann strings arise in a generic way. In the second part the gauging method
is employed to construct the T-dual of a model with non-Abelian isometries.Comment: 10 pages, Latex, psfig.sty, one figure; Talk given at the
International Symposium on the Theory of Elementary Particles, Buckow 1996,
References adde
Poisson-Lie T-duality
A description of dual non-Abelian duality is given, based on the notion of
the Drinfeld double. The presentation basically follows the original paper
\cite{KS2}, written in collaboration with P. \v Severa, but here the emphasis
is put on the algebraic rather than the geometric aspect of the construction
and a concrete example of the Borelian double is worked out in detail.Comment: 11 pages, LaTeX, Lecture given at Trieste conference on S-duality and
mirror symmetry, June 1995, (signs in Eqs. (10,11) corrected, 1 reference
added
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