T-duality and '-corrections

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Abstract: We construct an O(d,d) invariant universal formulation of the first-order alpha-corrections of the string effective actions involving the dilaton, metric and two-form fields. Two free parameters interpolate between four-derivative terms that are even and odd with respect to a Z2-parity transformation that changes the sign of the two-form field. The Z2-symmetric model reproduces the closed bosonic string, and the heterotic string effective action is obtained through a Z2-parity-breaking choice of parameters. The theory is an extension of the generalized frame formulation of Double Field Theory, in which the gauge transformations are deformed by a first-order generalized Green-Schwarz transformation. This deformation defines a duality covariant gauge principle that requires and fixes the four-derivative terms. We discuss the O(d,d) structure of the theory and the (non-)covariance of the required field redefinitions.



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