Strings on orientifolds

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00395-1zbMath0925.81194arXivhep-th/9604178OpenAlexW3098499465MaRDI QIDQ1923112

Publication date: 1 October 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9604178

zbMATH Keywords

compactification gauge groups Klein bottle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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