T-duality through BV Morphisms and BV Pushforwards in Topological Field Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2013-09-02 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We introduce the concept of duality between quantum field theories in the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, which is interpreted either as a BV morphism, the result of dual BV pushforwards or a combination of both. When a BV morphism affects only the target space of a given model, we call it T-duality. To justify this name, we demonstrate how topological aspects of T-duality in string theory such as the relation between curvature and H-flux or isomorphisms of Courant algebroids are equivalent to dualities of topological sigma models in two and three dimensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1308.1913,
title = {T-duality through BV Morphisms and BV Pushforwards in Topological Field Theories},
author = {Yves Barmaz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.1913},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
34 pages, a few slight improvements in the definitions