D=6, N=1 String Vacua and Duality

1997/07/08 by Luis E. Ibáñez, L. E. Ibanez, Ángel M. Uranga +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Artificial intelligence #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Computer science #Font #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #String (physics) #Tensor decomposition and applications #Theoretical physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/9789814447287_0006

52 pages, plain Latex. To appear in the proceedings of the APCTP Winter School on Duality, Mt. Sorak (Korea), February 1997

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Abstract

We review the structure D=6, N=1 string vacua with emphasis on the different connections due to T-dualities and S-dualities. The topics discussed include: Anomaly cancellation; K3 and orbifold D=6, N=1 heterotic compactifications; T-dualities between E₈\× E₈ and Spin(32)/Z₂ heterotic vacua; non-perturbative heterotic vacua and small instantons; N=2 Type-II/Heterotic duality in D=4 ; F-theory/heterotic duality in D=6; and heterotic/heterotic duality in six and four dimensions.

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