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S-matrix elements from T-duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-04 v3

Abstract

Recently it has been speculated that the S-matrix elements satisfy the Ward identity associated with the T-duality. This indicates that a group of S-matrix elements is invariant under the linear T-duality transformations on the external states. If one evaluates one component of such T-dual multiplet, then all other components may be found by the simple use of the linear T-duality. The assumption that fields must be independent of the Killing coordinate, however, may cause, in some cases, the T-dual multiplet not to be gauge invariant. In those cases, the S-matrix elements contain more than one T-dual multiplet which are intertwined by the gauge symmetry. In this paper, we apply the T-dual Ward identity on the S-matrix element of one RR (p3)(p-3)-form and two NSNS states on the world volume of a Dp_p-brane to find its corresponding T-dual multiplet. In the case that the RR potential has two transverse indices, the T-dual multiplet is gauge invariant, however, in the case that it has one transverse index the multiplet is not gauge invariant. We find a new T-dual multiplet in this case by imposing the gauge symmetry. We show that the multiplets are reproduced by explicit calculation, and their low energy contact terms at order α2\alpha'^2 are consistent with the existing couplings in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4978,
  title  = {S-matrix elements from T-duality},
  author = {Komeil Babaei Velni and Mohammad R. Garousi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4978},
  year   = {2015}
}

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33 pages, Latex file, the version appears in NPB

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