2001/01/31 by Eduardo Lima, Burt Ovrut, Jaemo Park +1 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Formalism (music) #Gauge theory #Heterotic string theory #Instanton #Moduli #Neutrino Physics Research #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #Superpotential #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(01)00404-7
published as Nucl.Phys. B614 (2001) 117-170 · 59 pages, latex, minor corrections added
arxiv created 2001/08/11 · openalex publication_date 2001/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A formalism for calculating the open supermembrane contribution to the non-perturbative superpotential of moduli in heterotic M-theory is presented. This is explicitly applied to the Calabi-Yau (1,1)-moduli and the separation modulus of the end-of-the-world BPS three-branes, whose non-perturbative superpotential is computed. The role of gauge bundles on the boundaries of the open supermembranes is discussed in detail, and a topological criterion presented for the associated superpotential to be non-vanishing.