Published May 19, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Higher derivative corrections to O-plane actions: NS-NS sector

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam,Science Park 904, Postbus 94485, 1090 GL, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 2. Depatment of Physics, Texas A&M University,TAMU 4242, College Station, TX 77843 (United States)

Description

We classify all possible two- and four-derivative couplings of bulk NS-NS sector fields to a single Op-plane which are compatible with diffeomorphism invariance and B-field gauge invariance. This is applicable to type IIA or IIB superstrings or to the bosonic string. We then consider this general action in various classes of backgrounds that admit a U(1) isometry and determine the constraints on the couplings from consistency with T-duality. We show that this consistency requires the two-derivative action to vanish, and the entire non-linear four-derivative action is fixed up to one overall constant which can be determined by comparison with a two-point scattering amplitude. The resulting action is consistent with all previously computed couplings

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2014)072; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/2554

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2014
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
p. 72
ISSN
1029-8479

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP05(2014)072; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:2554
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)