1997/05/31 by Ashoke Sen · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Degeneracy (biology) #Duality (order theory) #Dyon #Euclidean geometry #Geometry #Heterotic string theory #Instanton #Kaluza–Klein theory #Magnetic monopole #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String duality #String theory #Theoretical physics #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.79.1619
published as Phys.Rev.Lett.79:1619-1621,1997 · LaTeX file, 7 pages, reference added
arxiv created 1997/06/09 · openalex publication_date 1997/09/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
S duality of heterotic or type II string theory compactified on a six dimensional torus requires the existence of Kaluza-Klein dyons, carrying winding charge. We identify the zero modes of the Kaluza-Klein monopole solution which are responsible for these dyonic excitations, and show that we get the correct degeneracy of dyons as predicted by S duality. The self-dual harmonic two form on the Euclidean Taub-NUT space plays a crucial role in this construction.