1994/06/30 by E. Alvarez, L. Alvarez-Gaume, Y. Lozano · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(94)00982-1
published as Phys.Lett.B336:183-189,1994 · 11 p, LaTex, preprint CERN-TH-7337/94 (some comments and references added)
arxiv created 1994/07/12 · arxiv updated 2011/05/05
We show that Buscher's abelian duality transformation rules can be recovered in a very simple way by performing a canonical transformation first suggested by Giveon, Rabinovici and Veneziano. We explore the properties of this transformation, and also discuss some aspects of non-abelian duality.