Counterterms vs. dualities

48Citations
Citations of this article
7Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

This article is free to access.

Abstract

We investigate and clarify the mutual compatibility of the higher order corrections arising in supergravity and string theory effective actions and the non-linear duality symmetries of these theories. Starting from a conventional tree level action leading to duality invariant equations of motion, we show how to accommodate duality invariant counterterms given as functionals of both electric and magnetic fields in a perturbative expansion, and to deduce from them a non-polynomial bona fide action satisfying the Gaillard-Zumino (NGZ) constraint. There exists a corresponding consistency constraint in the non-covariant Henneaux-Teitelboim formalism which ensures that one can always restore diffeomorphism invariance by perturbatively solving this functional identity. We illustrate how this procedure works for the R 2δFδF and F4 counterterms in Maxwell theory.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Bossard, G., & Nicolai, H. (2011). Counterterms vs. dualities. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2011)074

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free