T-duality

T-duality is a symmetry of string theory, relating type IIA and type IIB string theory, and the two heterotic string theories. T-duality transformations act on spaces in which at least one direction has the topology of a circle. Under the transformation, the radius R of that direction will be changed to 1/R, and "wrapped" string states will be exchanged with high-momentum string states in the dual theory. For example, one might begin with a IIA string wrapped once around the direction in question. Under T-duality, it will be mapped to a IIB string which has momentum in that direction. A IIA string with a winding number of two (wrapped twice) will be mapped to a IIB string with two units of momentum, and so on. The total squared mass of a closed string
m^2 = \frac{4N}{\alpha'} + \frac{n^2}{R^2} + \frac{w^2R^2}{\alpha^{\prime 2}}
is invariant under the exchange R \leftrightarrow \alpha'/R,\quad n\leftrightarrow w, and the interactions and all other physical phenomena can be proved invariant under this operation, too. T-duality acting on D-branes changes their dimension by +1 or -1. Andrew Strominger, Shing-Tung Yau, and Eric Zaslow have showed that mirror symmetry can be understood as T-duality applied to three-dimensional toroidal fibres of the Calabi-Yau space. Also see: S-duality, U-duality, mirror symmetry

 

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