Equivariant Topological T-Duality
Abstract
Topological T-duality is a relationship between pairs (E, P ) over a fixed space X, where E over X is a principal torus bundle and P over E is a twist, such as a gerbe of principal PU(H)-bundle. This is of interest to topologists because of the T-duality transformation: a T-duality relation between pairs (E, P ) and (F, Q ) comes with an isomorphism (with degree shift) between the twisted K-theory of E and the twisted K-theory of F. We formulate topological T-duality in the equivariant setting, following the definition of Bunke, Rumpf, and Schick. We define the T-duality transformation in equivariant K-theory and show that it is an isomorphism for actions of compact Lie groups, equal to its own inverse and uniquely characterized by naturality and a normalization for trivial situations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2310.06064,
title = {Equivariant Topological T-Duality},
author = {Tom Dove and Thomas Schick},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.06064},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
36 pages, v2: added discussion of uniqueness of T-duality transform, correction of typos, update of references. v3 Added reference on physics background. Stressed that we deal with circle bundle case -final version, to appear in Communications in Mathematical Physics