Strong-weak coupling duality and non-perturbative effects in string theory

1990/10/01 by A. Font, Anamarı́a Font, Luis E. Ibáñez +4 · 393 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Coupling constant #Dilaton #Discrete symmetry #Duality (order theory) #Heterotic string theory #Higgs boson #Homogeneous space #Mathematical physics #Modular design #Modular invariance #Non-critical string theory #Non-perturbative #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #S-duality #String (physics) #String duality #String field theory #String theory #Supersymmetry #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #Vacuum expectation value

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(90)90523-9

published in Physics Letters B 249(1), 35-43 (Elsevier BV)

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