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The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface

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Aspinwal, PS; Gross, M
Published in: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
October 31, 1996

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 E8 x E8 case.

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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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0370-2693

Publication Date

October 31, 1996

Volume

387

Issue

4

Start / End Page

735 / 742

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Aspinwal, P. S., & Gross, M. (1996). The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 387(4), 735–742. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(96)01095-7
Aspinwal, P. S., and M. Gross. “The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 387, no. 4 (October 31, 1996): 735–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(96)01095-7.
Aspinwal PS, Gross M. The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1996 Oct 31;387(4):735–42.
Aspinwal, P. S., and M. Gross. “The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 387, no. 4, Oct. 1996, pp. 735–42. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0370-2693(96)01095-7.
Aspinwal PS, Gross M. The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1996 Oct 31;387(4):735–742.
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Published In

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

DOI

ISSN

0370-2693

Publication Date

October 31, 1996

Volume

387

Issue

4

Start / End Page

735 / 742

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics