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T-dual-coordinate dependence makes the effective Kalb-Ramond field nontrivial

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-05-16 v1

Abstract

We show that the fact that the string theory is unoriented does not necessarily force the Kalb-Ramond field to vanish. We investigated the theory of the open string propagating in the weakly curved background. The effective Kalb-Ramond field BμνeffB^{eff}_{\mu\nu}, the background field of the effective theory obtained on the solution of the boundary conditions, does not depend on the Ω\Omega-even effective coordinate qq, but on its T-dual q~\tilde{q} which is Ω\Omega-odd. This brakes the standard proof that the term with BμνeffB_{\mu\nu}^{eff} should vanish. From the world-sheet equations of motion we identify BμνeffB_{\mu\nu}^{eff} with the torsion potential.

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@article{arxiv.1105.2809,
  title  = {T-dual-coordinate dependence makes the effective Kalb-Ramond field nontrivial},
  author = {Lj. Davidović and B. Sazdović},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2809},
  year   = {2011}
}