Point-like instantons and the Spin(32)/\(\mathbb{Z}_2\) heterotic string

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00232-0zbMath0935.81054arXivhep-th/9612108MaRDI QIDQ1358103

Paul S. Aspinwall

Publication date: 18 June 1997

Published in: Unnamed Author (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9612108

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsF-theorycompactified heterotic string theoriesK3 bundlesK3 surface orbifold pointKummer latticelarge gauge groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(K3) surfaces and Enriques surfaces (14J28) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Applications of compact analytic spaces to the sciences (32J81)

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