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On field redefinitions and exact solutions in string theory

A. A. Tseytlin

Published 1993-08-09, updated 1993-09-15Version 2

String backgrounds associated with gauged $G/H$ WZNW models in general depend non-trivially on $\alpha'$. We note, however, that there exists a local covariant $\a'$-dependent field redefinition that relates the exact metric-dilaton background corresponding to the $SL(2,R)/U(1)$ model to its leading-order form ($D=2$ black hole). As a consequence, there exists a `scheme' in which the string effective equations have the latter as an exact solution. However, the corresponding equation for the tachyon (which, like other Weyl anomaly coefficients, has scheme-dependent form) still contains corrections of all orders in $\alpha'$. As a result, the `probes' (the tachyons) still feel the $\alpha'$-corrected background. The field redefinitions we discuss contain the dilaton terms in the metric transformation law. We comment on exact forms of the duality transformation in different `schemes'.

Comments: 11 pages, harvmac, CERN-TH.6970/93 [ A new section on tachyonic equation is added: while there exists a scheme where the exact D=2 `black hole' metric-dilaton background has semiclassical form, the equation for the tachyon still contains \alpha'-corrections, i.e. the tachyon still feels the \alpha'-corrected background ]
Journal: Phys.Lett.B317:559-564,1993
Categories: hep-th
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