Exact conformal field theories from mutually T-dualizable $\sigma$-models

Abstract

Exact conformal field theories (CFTs) are obtained by using the approach of Poisson-Lie (PL) T-duality in the presence of spectators. We explicitly construct some non-Abelian T-dual $\sigma$-models (here as the PL T-duality on a semi-Abelian double) on $2+2$-dimensional target manifolds $M\approx O\times \mathbf{G}$ and $\tilde{M}\approx O\times \tilde{\mathbf{G}}$, where $\mathbf{G}$ and $\tilde{\mathbf{G}}$ as two-dimensional real non-Abelian and Abelian Lie groups act freely on $M$ and $\tilde{M}$, respectively, while $O$ is the orbit of $\mathbf{G}$ in $M$. The findings of our study show that the original models are equivalent to Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) models based on the Heisenberg $(H_4)$ and $GL(2,\mathbb{R})$ Lie groups. In this way, some new T-dual backgrounds for these WZW models are obtained. For one of the duals of the $H_4$ WZW model, we show that the model is self-dual. In the case of the $GL(2,\mathbb{R})$ WZW model it is observed that the duality transformation changes the asymptotic behavior of solutions from $Ad{S}_3\times \mathbb{R}$ to flat space. Then, the structure and asymptotic nature of the dual spacetime of this model including the horizon and singularity are determined. We furthermore get the non-critical Bianchi type III string cosmological model with a non-vanishing field strength from T-dualizable $\sigma$-models and show that this model describes an exact CFT (equivalent to the $GL(2,\mathbb{R})$ WZW model). After that, the conformal invariance of T-dual models up to two-loop order (first order in ${\alpha }^{\prime }$) is discussed.

arXiv comment15 pages; Accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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