Local $β$-deformations and Yang-Baxter sigma model

Jun-ichi Sakamoto, Yuho Sakatani

Published 2018-03-15Version 1

Homogeneous Yang-Baxter (YB) deformation of AdS$_5\times$S$^5$ superstring is revisited. We calculate the YB sigma model action up to quadratic order in fermions and show that it takes the form of the Green-Schwarz (GS) type IIB superstring action after suitable field redefinitions. Moreover, we show that homogeneous YB deformations are equivalent to $\beta$-deformations of the AdS$_5\times$S$^5$ background when the classical $r$-matrices consist of bosonic generators. In order to make our discussion clearer, we discuss YB deformations in terms of the double-vielbein formalism of double field theory. We further provide an O(10,10)-invariant string action that reproduces the GS type II superstring action up to quadratic order in fermions. When an AdS background contains a non-vanishing $H$-flux, it is not straightforward to perform homogeneous YB deformations. In order to get any hint for such YB deformations, we study $\beta$-deformations of $H$-fluxed AdS backgrounds and obtain various solutions of (generalized) type II supergravity.