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Abelian and Non-Abelian Dualities in String Bacgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

We present a brief discussion of recent work on duality symmetries in non-trivial string backgrounds. Duality is obtained from a gauged non-linear sigma-model with vanishing gauge field strength. Standard results are reproduced for abelian gauge groups, whereas a new type of duality is identified for non--abelian gauge groups. Examples of duals of WZW models and 4-d black holes are given. (Presented at `From Superstrings to Supergravity', Erice 1992)

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9305055,
  title  = {Abelian and Non-Abelian Dualities in String Bacgrounds},
  author = {Fernando Quevedo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9305055},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, harvmac, 2 figures included. NEIP-003/93

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