A Problem with Non - Abelian Duality ?
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We investigate duality transformations in a class of backgrounds with non-Abelian isometries, i.e. Bianchi-type (homogeneous) cosmologies in arbitrary dimensions. Simple duality transformations for the metric and the antisymmetric tensor field, generalizing those known from the Abelian isometry (Bianchi I) case, are obtained using either a Lagrangian or a Hamiltonian approach. Applying these prescriptions to a specific conformally invariant σ-model, we show that no dilaton transformation leads to a new conformal background. Some possible ways out of the problem are suggested. CERN-TH.6960/93 ROM2F/93/24 July 1993
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تاریخ انتشار 1993