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S-duality of S-matrix

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-28 v5

Abstract

Recently, it has been observed that the kinematic factor of the disk-level S-matrix element of two RR two-forms and the disk-level S-matrix element of two B-fields on the world volume of D3_3-brane are compatible with the standard rules of S-duality. Inspired by this observation, we speculate that the S-matrix elements on the world volume of D3_3-brane are invariant under the SL(2,Z)SL(2,Z) transformation. Compatibility with S-duality requires the S-matrix elements on the world volume of D1_1-brane and D5_5-brane to be extended to the SL(2,Z)SL(2,Z)-covariant form. In particular, this implies the S-matrix elements on the world volume of F1_1-string and NS5_5-brane at strong coupling to be related by S-duality to the disk-level S-matrix elements of D1_1-string and D5_5-brane, respectively. %The S-matrix elements then dictate that both F1_1-string and NS5_5-brane have D1_1-string excitations. The contact terms of these S-matrix elements at order O(α0)O(\alpha'^0) produce a Born-Infeld and Chern-Simons type effective action for both F1_1-string and NS5_5-brane. They are consistent with the SL(2,R)SL(2,R)-covariant action appears in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1106.1714,
  title  = {S-duality of S-matrix},
  author = {Mohammad R. Garousi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.1714},
  year   = {2015}
}

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20 pages, Latex file, no figure; v5: the version appears in JHEP

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