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    T-dualization of type II superstring theory in double space

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    In this article we offer the new interpretation of T-dualization procedure of type II superstring theory in double space framework. We use the ghost free action of type II superstring in pure spinor formulation in approximation of constant background fields up to the quadratic terms. T-dualization along any subset of the initial coordinates, xax^a, is equivalent to the permutation of this subset with subset of the corresponding T-dual coordinates, yay_a, in double space coordinate ZM=(xμ,yμ)Z^M=(x^\mu,y_\mu). Demanding that the T-dual transformation law after exchange xayax^a\leftrightarrow y_a has the same form as initial one, we obtain the T-dual NS-NS and NS-R background fields. The T-dual R-R field strength is determined up to one arbitrary constant under some assumptions. The compatibility between supersymmetry and T-duality produces change of bar spinors and R-R field strength. If we dualize odd number of dimensions xax^a, such change flips type IIA/B to type II B/A. If we T-dualize time-like direction, one imaginary unit ii maps type II superstring theories to type IIII^\star ones.Comment: Fermionic correction for bar variables and fields is clarified. Section 2 is substantially improved; Additional explanations added in the Introductio

    Effective theories of two T-dual theories are also T-dual

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    We investigate how T-duality and solving the boundary conditions of the open bosonic string are related. We start by considering the T-dualization of the open string moving in the constant background. We take that the coordinates of the initial theory satisfy either Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions. It follows that the coordinates of T-dual theory satisfy exactly the opposite set of boundary conditions. We treat the boundary conditions of both theories as constraints, and apply the Dirac procedure to them, which results in forming σ\sigma-dependent constraints. We solve these constraints and obtain the effective theories for the solution. We show that the effective closed string theories are also T-dual

    T-duality diagram for a weakly curved background

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    In one of our previous papers we generalized the Buscher T-dualization procedure. Here we will investigate the application of this procedure to the theory of a bosonic string moving in the weakly curved background. We obtain the complete T-dualization diagram, connecting the theories which are the result of the T-dualizations over all possible choices of the coordinates. We distinguish three forms of the T-dual theories: the initial theory, the theory obtained T-dualizing some of the coordinates of the initial theory and the theory obtained T-dualizing all of the initial coordinates. While the initial theory is geometric, all the other theories are non geometric and additionally nonlocal. We find the T-dual coordinate transformation laws connecting these theories and show that the set of all T-dualizations forms an Abelian group

    Twisted C-brackets

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    We consider the double field formulation of the closed bosonic string theory, and calculate the Poisson bracket algebra of the symmetry generators governing both general coordinate and local gauge transformations. Parameters of both of these symmetries depend on a double coordinate, defined as a direct sum of the initial and T-dual coordinate. When no antisymmetric field is present, the CC-bracket appears as the Lie bracket generalization in a double theory. With the introduction of the Kalb-Ramond field, the BB-twisted CC-bracket appears, while with the introduction of the non-commutativity parameter, the θ\theta-twisted CC-bracket appears. We present the derivation of these brackets and comment on their relations to analogous twisted Courant brackets and T-duality

    CANONICAL APPROACH TO THE CLOSED STRING NON-COMMUTATIVITY

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    We consider the propagation of the closed bosonic string in the weakly curved background. We show that the closed string non-commutativity is essentially connected to the T-duality and nontrivial background. From the T-duality transformation laws, connecting the canonical variables of the original and T-dual theory, we nd the structure of the Poisson brackets in the T-dual space corresponding to the fundamental Poisson brackets in the original theory. We nd that the commutative original theory is equivalent to the non-commutative T-dual theory, in which Poisson brackets close on winding and momenta numbers and the coecients are proportional to the background uxes

    T-duality in the weakly curved background

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    We consider the closed string propagating in the weakly curved background which consists of constant metric and Kalb-Ramond field with infinitesimally small coordinate dependent part. We propose the procedure for constructing the T-dual theory, performing T-duality transformations along coordinates on which the Kalb-Ramond field depends. The obtained theory is defined in the non-geometric double space, described by the Lagrange multiplier yμy_\mu and its TT-dual y~μ\tilde{y}_\mu. We apply the proposed T-duality procedure to the T-dual theory and obtain the initial one. We discuss the standard relations between T-dual theories that the equations of motion and momenta modes of one theory are the Bianchi identities and the winding modes of the other
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