Compactifications with S-duality twists

Christopher M. Hull*, Aybike Çatal-Özer

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Abstract

We consider generalised Scherk Schwarz reductions of supergravity and superstring theories with twists by electromagnetic dualities that are symmetries of the equations of motion but not of the action, such as the S-duality of D = 4, N = 4 super-Yang-Mills coupled to supergravity. The reduction cannot be done on the action itself, but must be done either on the field equations or on a duality invariant form of the action, such as one in the doubled formalism in which potentials are introduced for both electric and magnetic fields. The resulting theory in odd-dimensions has massive form fields satisfying a self-duality condition dA ∼ m * A. We construct such theories in D = 3, 5, 7.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)821-844
Number of pages24
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume7
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • String Duality
  • Supergravity Models
  • Superstring Vacua

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