Abstract

Recently, imposing the $O(1,1)$ symmetry on the circle reduction of the classical effective action of string theory, we have found all NS-NS couplings of type II superstring theories at order $\alpha'^3$. In this paper we use the cosmological reduction on the couplings and show that, up to field redefinitions and total derivative terms, they are invariant under the $O(9,9)$ transformations.

Highlights

  • A theory of gravity in a spacetime manifold with/without a boundary that is consistent with the rules of quantum mechanics is string theory

  • This theory includes the finite number of massless modes and the tower of infinite number of massive modes of the string excitations

  • The genus expansion includes the classical tree level, i.e., Seff þ ∂Seff, a tower of quantum loop-level corrections, and the stringy expansion that is an expansion in terms of higher derivative couplings at each loop level

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

A theory of gravity in a spacetime manifold with/without a boundary that is consistent with the rules of quantum mechanics is string theory. After integrating out the massive modes, the T duality should appears as symmetry in the effective actions It has been shown in [6,7] that the dimensional reduction of the classical effective actions of the bosonic and heterotic string theories on a torus Td are invariant under Oðd; d; RÞ transformations. Since the T-duality transformations have higher derivative corrections, the other T-dual multiplets include couplings at all orders of α0. It has been observed in [13]

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