Derivative F-terms from heterotic M-theory five-brane instantons

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.12.039zbMATH Open1273.81182arXivhep-th/0611119OpenAlexW2075397519MaRDI QIDQ373151FDOQ373151

Authors: E. I. Buchbinder 

Publication date: 21 October 2013

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

Abstract: We study non-perturbative effects due to a heterotic M-theory five-brane wrapped on Calabi-Yau threefold. We show that such instantons contribute to derivative F-terms described recently by Beasley and Witten rather than to the superpotential.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611119

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zbMATH Keywords

Calabi-Yau threefoldnon-perturbative effectsheterotic M-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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