Heterotic Black Holes in Duality-Invariant Formalism

We consider the effective theory of heterotic strings in two spacetime dimensions, in a double field theory-inspired formalism, manifestly consistent with $T$-duality in string theory. Restricting the gauge group to a single $\mathrm{U}(1)$, we study the charged black hole solution and perform a precise analysis of the properties of the dual geometry with the $\mathrm{O}(1,2; \mathbb{R})$-valued generalized metric. We comment on some aspects related to singularities and gauge dependence. We show that the classification program for higher derivative corrections can also be applied to the heterotic case. We further elucidate how a previously proposed solution to the equations of motion, parametrized in a manner fully non-perturbative in $α’$, can be extended to the scenario with $r$ abelian fields and the corresponding $\mathrm{O}(1,1+r; \mathbb{R})$ symmetry. We discuss some novel features of the solution for charged black holes.

💡 Research Summary

The paper investigates the low‑energy effective theory of heterotic strings in two spacetime dimensions using a double‑field‑theory (DFT) inspired formalism that makes T‑duality manifest. By restricting the gauge sector to a single abelian U(1) field, the authors first write the two‑derivative action S(2)=1/(16πG)∫d²x√−g e^{−2ϕ}