T-duality, and the K-theoretic partition function of type IIA superstring theory
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DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2003.07.028zbMATH Open1058.81063arXivhep-th/0206092OpenAlexW1989638545MaRDI QIDQ1409191FDOQ1409191
Authors: N. Saulina, G. W. Moore 
Publication date: 5 October 2003
Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We study the partition function of type IIA string theory on 10-manifolds of the form T^2 x X where X is 8-dimensional, compact, and spin. We pay particular attention to the effects of the topological phases in the supergravity action implied by the K-theoretic formulation of RR fields, and we use these to check the T-duality invariance of the partition function. We find that the partition function is only T-duality invariant when we take into account the T-duality anomalies in the RR sector, the fermionic path integral (including 4-fermi interaction terms), and 1-loop corrections including worldsheet instantons. We comment on applications of our computation to speculations about the role of the Romans mass in M-theory. We also discuss some issues which arise when one attempts to extend these considerations to checking the full U-duality invariance of the theory.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0206092
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