On T-duality for open strings in general abelian and nonabelian gauge field backgrounds
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v4
Abstract
We discuss T-duality for open strings in general background fields both in the functional integral formulation as well as in the language of canonical transformations. The Dirichlet boundary condition in the dual theory has to be treated as a constraint on the functional integration. Furthermore, we give meaning to the notion of matrix valued string end point position in the presence of nonabelian gauge field background.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9603186,
title = {On T-duality for open strings in general abelian and nonabelian gauge field backgrounds},
author = {H. Dorn and H. -J. Otto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9603186},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, Latex, an inconsistency of the notation in section 3 is removed, 2 references added