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T-Duality of Green-Schwarz Superstrings on AdS(d) x S(d) x M(10-2d)

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-01-27 v2

Abstract

We verify the self-duality of Green-Schwarz supercoset sigma models on AdSd×Sd_d \times S^d backgrounds (d=2,3,5) under combined bosonic and fermionic T-dualities without gauge fixing kappa symmetry. We also prove this property for superstrings on AdSd×Sd×Sd_d \times S^d \times S^d (d=2,3) described by supercoset sigma models with the isometries governed by the exceptional Lie supergroups D(2,1;α)D(2,1;\alpha) (d=2) and D(2,1;α)×D(2,1;α)D(2,1;\alpha)\times D(2,1;\alpha) (d=3), which requires an additional T-dualisation along one of the spheres. Then, by taking into account the contribution of non-supercoset fermionic modes (up to the second order), we provide evidence for the T-self-duality of the complete type IIA and IIB Green-Schwarz superstring theory on AdSd×Sd×T102d_d\times S^d \times T^{10-2d} (d=2,3) backgrounds with Ramond-Ramond fluxes. Finally, applying the Buscher-like rules to T-dualising supergravity fields, we prove the T-self-duality of the whole class of the AdSd×Sd×M102d_d\times S^d \times M^{10-2d} superbackgrounds with Ramond-Ramond fluxes in the context of supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.1509.07678,
  title  = {T-Duality of Green-Schwarz Superstrings on AdS(d) x S(d) x M(10-2d)},
  author = {Michael C. Abbott and Jeff Murugan and Silvia Penati and Antonio Pittelli and Dmitri Sorokin and Per Sundin and Justine Tarrant and Martin Wolf and Linus Wulff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.07678},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

v2: 57 pages, 1 figure, typos fixed and clarifications added, version to appear in JHEP