Target space pseudoduality between dual symmetric spaces Original Research Article

A set of on shell duality equations is proposed that leads to a map between strings moving on symmetric spaces with opposite curvatures. The transformation maps “waves” on a Riemannian symmetric space M to “waves” on its dual Riemannian symmetric space M̃. This transformation preserves the energy momentum tensor though it is not a canonical transformation. The preservation of the energy momentum tensor has a natural geometrical interpretation. The transformation maps “particle-like solutions” into static “soliton-like solutions”. The results presented here generalize earlier results of E. Ivanov.