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Metric approach to a $\mathrm{T}\bar{\mathrm{T}}-$like deformation in arbitrary dimensions

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arxiv 2206.03415 v3 pith:BOQBQWHT submitted 2022-06-07 hep-th math-phmath.MP

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We consider a one-parameter family of composite fields -- bi-linear in the components of the stress-energy tensor -- which generalise the $\mathrm{T}\bar{\mathrm{T}}$ operator to arbitrary space-time dimension $d\geq 2$. We show that they induce a deformation of the classical action which is equivalent -- at the level of the dynamics -- to a field-dependent modification of the background metric tensor according to a specific flow equation. Even though the starting point is the flat space, the deformed metric is generally curved for any $d>2$, thus implying that the corresponding deformation can not be interpreted as a coordinate transformation. The central part of the paper is devoted to the development of a recursive algorithm to compute the coefficients of the power series expansion of the solution to the metric flow equation. We show that, under some quite restrictive assumptions on the stress-energy tensor, the power series yields an exact solution. Finally, we consider a class of theories in $d=4$ whose stress-energy tensor fulfils the assumptions above mentioned, namely the family of abelian gauge theories in $d=4$. For such theories, we obtain the exact expression of the deformed metric and the vierbein. In particular, the latter result implies that ModMax theory in a specific curved space is dynamically equivalent to its Born-Infeld-like extension in flat space. We also discuss a dimensional reduction of the latter theories from $d=4$ to $d=2$ in which an interesting marginal deformation of $d=2$ field theories emerges.

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