 Self-dual circle compactification (source code)

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= Self-dual circle compactification
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= Self-dual circle
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A circle compactification is self-dual when the radius is unchanged by the <T-duality> map $R\mapsto\alpha'/R$. Momentum and winding then enter the <bosonic string mass spectrum> with equal weights. Special charge sectors can become massless at this radius.

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