T-duality of O-plane action at order $ \alpha'^2$

Abstract

We use compatibility of O-plane action with nonlinear T-duality as a guiding principle to find all NS-NS couplings in the O-plane action at order $\alpha'^2$. We find that the dilaton couplings appear in the string frame only via the transformation $\hat{R}_{\mu\nu}\rightarrow \hat{R}_{\mu\nu}+\nabla_{\mu}\nabla_{\nu}\phi$.