Anomalies, dualities, and topology of \(D=6\;N=1\) superstring vacua

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00339-2zbMath0925.81335arXivhep-th/9605184OpenAlexW3105812208WikidataQ59711370 ScholiaQ59711370MaRDI QIDQ1920736

Robert G. Leigh, Edward Witten, John H. Schwarz, Micha Berkooz, Joseph Polchinski, Nathan Seiberg

Publication date: 13 August 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9605184

zbMATH Keywords

compactifications instanton numbers Green Schwarz mechanism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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