A note on heterotic dualities via M-theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2007.10.043MaRDI QIDQ446923zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Savdeep Sethi

Publication date 8 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.0295

zbMATH Keywords

heterotic string theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We show that a class of torsional compactifications of the heterotic string are dual to conventional Kahler heterotic string compactifications. This observation follows from the recently proposed analogue of the c-map for the heterotic string.

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