Duality symmetries and phase space quantum theory

2025/09/17 by Curtright, Thomas, West, Peter
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.13872

Abstract

We argue that duality symmetries can be manifestly realised when theories with these symmetries are quantised using phase space quantum theory. In particular, using background fields and phase space quantum theory, we quantise the bosonic string and show that it has SO(26,26) symmetry, even when the string is not compactified on a torus.

Citations

• K27 as a symmetry of closed bosonic strings and branes
• E11, generalised space-time and IIA string theory; the R-R sector
• Quantum Mechanics in Phase Space
• Quantum mechanics as a statistical theory

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