On R^4 threshold corrections in type IIB string theory and (p,q)-string instantons

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On \(R^4\) threshold corrections in type IIB string theory and \((p,q)\)-string instantons




Abstract: We obtain the exact non-perturbative thresholds of R4 terms in IIB string theory compactified to eight and seven dimensions. These thresholds are given by the perturbative tree-level and one-loop results together with the contribution of the D-instantons and of the (p,q)-string instantons. The invariance under U-duality is made manifest by rewriting the sum as a non-holomorphic modular function of the corresponding discrete U-duality group. In the eight-dimensional case, the threshold is the sum of a order-1 Eisenstein series for SL(2,Z) and a order-3/2 Eisenstein series for SL(3,Z). The seven-dimensional result is given by the order-3/2 Eisenstein series for SL(5,Z). We also conjecture formulae for the non-perturbative thresholds in lower dimensional compactifications and discuss the relation with M-theory.




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