Fermionic T-duality in the pp-wave limit

Ilya Bakhmatov, Eoin Ó Colgáin, Hossein Yavartanoo

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Abstract

AdS5 × S5 and its pp-wave limit are self-dual under transformations involving eight fermionic T-dualities, a property which accounts for symmetries seen in scattering amplitudes in N = 4 super-Yang-Mills. Despite strong evidence for similar symmetries in the amplitudes of three-dimensional N = 6 ABJM theory, a corresponding self-duality in the dual geometry AdS4 × ℂP3 currently eludes us. Here, working with the type IIA ppwave limit of AdS4 × ℂP3 preserving twenty four supercharges, we show that the pp-wave is self-dual with respect to eight commuting fermionic T-dualities and not the six expected. In addition, we show the same symmetry can be found in a superposition pp-wave and a generic pp-wave with twenty and sixteen unbroken supersymmetries respectively, strongly suggesting that self-duality under fermionic T-duality may be a symmetry of all pp-waves.

Original languageEnglish
Article number085
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2011
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Penrose limit and pp-wave background
  • String duality

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