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Operator Deformations and T-duality via Parallel Transport

We consider deformations of CFTs from the perspective of parallel transport in moduli space. In particular, we show how the deformations of individual operators can be computed and we also explore how these ideas can be extended to more general QFTs lacking conformal symmetry. We explore how to write one theory in terms of operators defined in a nearby theory, related to the first by a parallel transport in theory space. Using this construction, we describe how T-duality can be realised and how this provides a different perspective from the usual Buscher construction.