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The Wess-Zumino coupling on D-branes in string theory is known to receive higher derivative corrections which couple the Ramond-Ramond potential to terms involving the square of the spacetime curvature tensor. Consistency with T-duality implies that the branes should also have four-derivative couplings that involve the NS-NS B-field. We use T-duality to predict some of these couplings. We then confirm these results with string worldsheet computations by evaluating disc amplitudes with insertions of one R-R and two NS-NS vertex operators.
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Becker, K., Guo, G. & Robbins, D. Higher derivative brane couplings from T-duality. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 29 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2010)029
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