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An N = 2 dual pair and a phase transition

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Aspinwall, PS
Published in: Nuclear Physics B
January 29, 1996

We carefully analyze the N = 2 dual pair of string theories in four dimensions introduced by Ferrara, Harvey, Strominger and Vafa. The analysis shows that a second discrete degree of freedom must be switched on in addition to the known "Wilson line" to achieve a non-perturbatively consistent theory. We also identify the phase transition this model undergoes into another dual pair via a process analogous to a conifold transition. This provides the first known example of a phase transition which is understood from both the type II and the heterotic string picture.

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Nuclear Physics B

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ISSN

0550-3213

Publication Date

January 29, 1996

Volume

460

Issue

1

Start / End Page

57 / 76

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Aspinwall, P. S. (1996). An N = 2 dual pair and a phase transition. Nuclear Physics B, 460(1), 57–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(95)00611-7
Aspinwall, P. S. “An N = 2 dual pair and a phase transition.” Nuclear Physics B 460, no. 1 (January 29, 1996): 57–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(95)00611-7.
Aspinwall PS. An N = 2 dual pair and a phase transition. Nuclear Physics B. 1996 Jan 29;460(1):57–76.
Aspinwall, P. S. “An N = 2 dual pair and a phase transition.” Nuclear Physics B, vol. 460, no. 1, Jan. 1996, pp. 57–76. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00611-7.
Aspinwall PS. An N = 2 dual pair and a phase transition. Nuclear Physics B. 1996 Jan 29;460(1):57–76.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nuclear Physics B

DOI

ISSN

0550-3213

Publication Date

January 29, 1996

Volume

460

Issue

1

Start / End Page

57 / 76

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics