Exact Duality in String Effective Action
Eric Bergshoeff, Entrop, Ingeborg, Kallosh, Renata · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1994
We formulate sigma-model duality transformations in terms of spin connection. This allows to investigate the symmetry of the string action including higher order $α'$ corrections. An important feature of the new duality transformations is a simple homogeneous transformation rule of the spin connection (with torsion) and specifically adjusted transformation of the Yang-Mills field. We have found that under certain conditions this duality is a symmetry of the full effective string action in the target space, free of $α'$ corrections. We demonstrate how the exact duality generates new fundamental string solutions from supersymmetric string waves.