T-duality for boundary-non-critical point-particle and string quantum mechanics
Abstract
It is observed that some structures recently uncovered in the study of Calogero-Sutherland models and anyons are close analogs of well-known structures of boundary conformal field theory. These examples of ``boundary conformal quantum mechanics'', in spite of their apparent simplicity, have a rather reach structure, including some sort of T-duality, and could provide useful frameworks for testing general properties of boundary conformal theories. Of particular interest are the duality properties of anyons and Calogero-Sutherland particles in presence of boundary-violations of conformal invariance; these are here briefly analyzed leading to the conjecture of a general interconnection between (deformed) boundary conformal quantum mechanics, T-type duality, and (``exchange'' or ``exclusion'') exotic statistics. These results on the point-particle quantum-mechanics side are compared with recent results on the action of T-duality on open strings that satisfy conformal-invariance-violating boundary conditions. Moreover, it is observed that some of the special properties of anyon and Calogero-Sutherland quantum mechanics are also enjoyed by the M(atrix) quantum mechanics which has recently attracted considerable attention.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9808098,
title = {T-duality for boundary-non-critical point-particle and string quantum mechanics},
author = {Giovanni Amelino-Camelia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9808098},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, LaTex. (To appear in the proceedings of Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification, Neuchatel, 18-23 September 1997.)