Recent efforts in the computation of string couplings (Q1918721)
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Recent efforts in the computation of string couplings (English)
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21 July 1996
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The paper reviews recent advances towards the computation of coupling constants in low-energy effective string theory, mainly in the context of Calabi-Yau compactifications of the heterotic string. The tools used include duality symmetry, mirror symmetry and the Picard-Fuchs equations.
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Calabi-Yau compactification
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heterotic string
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