Background field method for nonlinear sigma models in nonrelativistic string theory
Abstract We continue the study of nonrelativistic string theory in background fields. Nonrelativistic string theory is described by a nonlinear sigma model that maps a relativistic worldsheet to a non-Lorentzian and non-Riemannian target space geometry, which is known to be string Newton-Cartan geom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-03-01
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Series: | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP03(2020)181 |
Summary: | Abstract We continue the study of nonrelativistic string theory in background fields. Nonrelativistic string theory is described by a nonlinear sigma model that maps a relativistic worldsheet to a non-Lorentzian and non-Riemannian target space geometry, which is known to be string Newton-Cartan geometry. We develop the covariant background field method in this non-Riemannian geometry. We apply this background field method to compute the beta-functions of the nonlinear sigma model that describes nonrelativistic string theory on a string Newton-Cartan geometry background, in presence of a Kalb-Ramond two-form and dilaton field. |
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ISSN: | 1029-8479 |