Cubic action in double field theory

• Main Author: Chen-Te Ma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
• Series: Nuclear Physics B
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S055032132100225X

We study target space theory on a torus for the states with NL+NR=2 through Double Field Theory. The spin-two Fierz-Pauli fields are not allowed when all spatial dimensions are non-compact. The massive states provide both non-vanishing momentum and winding numbers in the target space theory. To derive the cubic action, we provide the unique constraint for NL≠NR compatible with the integration by part. We first make a correspondence of massive and massless fields. The quadratic action is gauge invariant by introducing the mass term. We then proceed to the cubic order. The cubic action is also gauge invariant by introducing the coupling between the one-form field and other fields. The massive states do not follow the consistent truncation. One should expect the self-consistent theory by summing over infinite modes. Hence the naive expectation is wrong up to the cubic order. In the end, we show that the momentum and winding modes cannot both appear for only one compact doubled space.