Duality Symmetry in the Schwarz-Sen Model

Abstract

The continuous extension of the discrete duality symmetry of the Schwarz-Sen model is studied. The corresponding infinitesimal generator $Q$ turns out to be local, gauge invariant and metric independent. Furthermore, $Q$ commutes with all the conformal group generators. We also show that $Q$ is equivalent to the non---local duality transformation generator found in the Hamiltonian formulation of Maxwell theory. We next consider the Batalin--Fradkin-Vilkovisky formalism for the Maxwell theory and demonstrate that requiring a local duality transformation lead us to the Schwarz--Sen formulation. The partition functions are shown to be the same which implies the quantum equivalence of the two approaches.

10 pages, latex, small changes, final version to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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