Compactifications of F-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds .1.

被引：582
作者：
Morrison, DR [1 ]
Vafa, C [1 ]
机构：
[1] HARVARD UNIV,LYMAN LAB PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
来源：
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1996年 / 473卷 / 1-2期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
string/string duality; phase transitions; type IIA string; nonperturbative effects in string theory;
D O I：
10.1016/0550-3213(96)00242-8
中图分类号：
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
We study compactifications of F-theory on certain Calabi-Yau threefolds. We find that N = 2 dualities of type II/heterotic strings in 4 dimensions get promoted to N = 1 dualities between heterotic string and F-theory in 6 dimensions, The six-dimensional heterotic/heterotic duality becomes a classical geometric symmetry of the Calabi-Yau in the F-theory setup. Moreover the F-theory compactification sheds light on the nature of the strong coupling transition and what lies beyond the transition at finite values of heterotic string coupling constant.
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页码：74 / 92
页数：19
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