String unification, universal one-loop corrections and strongly coupled heterotic string theory

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DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00315-5zbMATH Open0934.81040arXivhep-th/9702110MaRDI QIDQ1362689FDOQ1362689

Hans Peter Nilles, S. Stieberger

Publication date: 6 August 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive the universal threshold corrections in heterotic string theory including a continuous Wilson line. Unification of gauge and gravitational couplings is shown to be possible even within perturbative string theory. The relative importance of gauge group dependent and independent thresholds on unification is clarified. Equipped with these results we can then attempt an extrapolation to the strongly coupled heterotic string -- M-theory. We argue that such an extrapolation might be meaningful because of the holomorphic structure of the gauge coupling function and the close connection of the threshold corrections to the anomaly cancelation mechanism.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9702110




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