The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface

被引：80
作者：
Aspinwall, PS [1 ]
Gross, M [1 ]
机构：
[1] CORNELL UNIV,DEPT MATH,ITHACA,NY 14853
来源：
PHYSICS LETTERS B | 1996年 / 387卷 / 04期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I：
10.1016/0370-2693(96)01095-7
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface is analyzed in terms of the dual theory of a type II string (or F-theory) on an elliptically fibred Calabi-Yau manifold. The results are in beautiful agreement with earlier work by Witten using very different methods. In particular, we find gauge groups of SO(32) x Sp(k) appearing at points in the moduli space identified with point-like instantons and see hypermultiplets in the (32, 2k) representation becoming massless at the same time. We also discuss some aspects of the E(8) X E(8) case.
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页码：735 / 742
页数：8
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