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On non-abelian T-duality and deformations of supercoset string sigma-models

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A bstractWe elaborate on the class of deformed T-dual (DTD) models obtained by first adding a topological term to the action of a supercoset sigma model and then performing (non-abelian)… Click to show full abstract

A bstractWe elaborate on the class of deformed T-dual (DTD) models obtained by first adding a topological term to the action of a supercoset sigma model and then performing (non-abelian) T-duality on a subalgebra g˜$$ \tilde{\mathfrak{g}} $$ of the superisometry algebra. These models inherit the classical integrability of the parent one, and they include as special cases the so-called homogeneous Yang-Baxter sigma models as well as their non-abelian T-duals. Many properties of DTD models have simple algebraic interpretations. For example we show that their (non-abelian) T-duals — including certain deformations — are again in the same class, where g˜$$ \tilde{\mathfrak{g}} $$ gets enlarged or shrinks by adding or removing generators corresponding to the dualised isometries. Moreover, we show that Weyl invariance of these models is equivalent to g˜$$ \tilde{\mathfrak{g}} $$ being unimodular; when this property is not satisfied one can always remove one generator to obtain a unimodular g˜$$ \tilde{\mathfrak{g}} $$, which is equivalent to (formal) T-duality. We also work out the target space superfields and, as a by-product, we prove the conjectured transformation law for Ramond-Ramond (RR) fields under bosonic non-abelian T-duality of supercosets, generalising it to cases involving also fermionic T-dualities.

Keywords: duality; non abelian; abelian duality; tilde mathfrak; sigma models

Journal Title: Journal of High Energy Physics
Year Published: 2017

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