HIGHER GENUS STRING CORRECTIONS TO GAUGE COUPLINGS

被引:184
作者
ANTONIADIS, I
NARAIN, KS
TAYLOR, TR
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[1] INT CTR THEORET PHYS,I-34100 TRIESTE,ITALY
[2] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1016/0370-2693(91)90521-Q
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Dependence of the gauge couplings on the moduli of the compactified space is studied for orbifold compactifications of the heterotic superstring. It is shown that such a dependence is possible only for theories with sectors preserving N = 2 spacetime supersymmetry, and it satisfies a non-renormalization theorem. Namely, it is given entirely at the one-loop level and is determined by the violation of the integrability of the THETA-angle with respect to the moduli.
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