Target-space duality between simple compact Lie groups and Lie algebras under the Hamiltonian formalism. I: Remnants of duality at the classical level

DOI10.1007/BF02103719MaRDI QIDQ1924088zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Orlando Alvarez, Chien-Hao Liu

Publication date 21 May 1997

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9503226

zbMATH Keywords

string Hamiltonian systemstarget space duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Hamilton's equations (70H05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: It has been suggested that a possible classical remnant of the phenomenon of target-space duality (T-duality) would be the equivalence of the classical string Hamiltonian systems. Given a simple compact Lie group $G$ with a bi-invariant metric and a generating function $Gamma$ suggested in the physics literature, we follow the above line of thought and work out the canonical transformation $Phi$ generated by $Gamma$ together with an $Ad$-invariant metric and a B-field on the associated Lie algebra $frakg$ of $G$ so that $G$ and $frakg$ form a string target-space dual pair at the classical level under the Hamiltonian formalism. In this article, some general features of this Hamiltonian setting are discussed. We study properties of the canonical transformation $Phi$ including a careful analysis of its domain and image. The geometry of the T-dual structure on $frakg$ is lightly touched.

Review text

The article deals with a very interesting phenomenon in string theory: target space duality (a comprehensive list of references can be found in [\textit{A. Giveon, M. Porrati} and \textit{E. Rabinovici}, Phys. Rep. 244, No. 2-3, 77-202 (1994)]. The aim of the paper is to discuss classical aspects of this phenomenon in terms of the associated string Hamiltonian systems in the situation when the target space is a simple compact Lie group.

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