Enhanced gauge symmetries and Calabi-Yau threefolds
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Journal Article
We consider the general case of a type IIA string compactified on a Calabi-Yau manifold which has a heterotic dual description. It is shown that the nonabelian gauge symmetries which can appear nonperturbatively in the type II string but which are understood perturbatively in the heterotic string are purely a result of string-string duality in six dimensions. We illustrate this with some examples.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Aspinwall, PS
Published Date
- March 28, 1996
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 371 / 3-4
Start / End Page
- 231 - 237
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0370-2693
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/0370-2693(96)00003-2
Citation Source
- Scopus