Abstract
We study mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} deformations of chiral bosons using the formalism due to Sen. For arbitrary numbers of left- and right-chiral bosons, we find that the mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} -deformed Lagrangian can be computed in closed form, giving rise to a novel non-local action in Sen’s formalism. We establish that at the limit of infinite mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} coupling, the equations of motion of deformed theory exhibits chiral decoupling. We then turn to a discussion of mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} -deformed chiral fermions, and point out that the stress tensor of the mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} -deformed free fermion coincides with the undeformed seed theory. We explain this behaviour of the stress tensor by noting that the deformation term in the action is purely topological in nature and closely resembles the fermionic Wess-Zumino term in the Green-Schwarz formalism. In turn, this observation also explains a puzzle in the literature, viz. why the mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} deformation of multiple free fermions truncate at linear order. We conclude by discussing the possibility of an interplay between mathrm{T}overline{mathrm{T}} deformations and bosonisation.
Highlights
We study TT deformations of chiral bosons using the formalism due to Sen
For arbitrary numbers of left- and right-chiral bosons, we find that the TT-deformed Lagrangian can be computed in closed form, giving rise to a novel non-local action in Sen’s formalism
We have studied the TT-deformed Lagrangian corresponding to a theory with an arbitrary number of left- and right-chiral bosons
Summary
The field φ is a scalar field on R(1,1), and the field A is an 1-form on R(1,1) which is defined to be self-dual with respect to the flat metric, i.e. A = ηA These are just some of the several unfamiliar features of this action. The map M(A) is a linear map on the space of self-dual pseudoforms with the following properties (all of which are satisfied at the level of action itself, i.e. off-shell). The astute reader will conclude from this last property that the map M(A) is necessarily cognizant of the background metric, even though the pseudoforms themselves are not. We will use terms left-chiral (respectively, right-chiral) and self-dual (respectively, anti-self-dual) interchangeably
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