Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1998-12-07
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Ph. D Thesis, LaTex, 187 pages, Sussex university, approved December 1997 Complete abstract appears on the main body of the Th
Scientific paper
We discuss aspects of the heterotic string effective field theories in orbifold constructions of the heterotic string. We calculate the moduli dependence of threshold corrections to gauge couplings in (2,2) symmetric orbifold compactifications. We perform the calculation of the threshold corrections for a particular class of abelian (2,2) symmetric non-decomposable orbifold models... internal twist is realized as generalized Coxeter automorphism. We define the limits for the existence of states causing singularities in the moduli space in the perturbative regime for a generic vacuum of the heterotic string. The 'proof' provides evidence for the explanation of the stringy 'Higgs effect'. Furthermore, we calculate the moduli dependence of threshold corrections as target space invariant free energies for non-decomposable orbifolds, identifying the Hauptmodul' functions for the relevant congruence subgroups. The required solutions provide for the \mu mass term generation in the effective low energy theory and affect the induced sypersymmetry breaking by gaugino condensation. In addition, we discuss the one loop gauge and gravitational couplings in (0,2) non-decomposable orbifold compactifications. In the second part of the Thesis the one loop correction to the Kahler metric for a generic N=2 orbifold compactification of the heterotic string is calculated... In this way, with the use of the one loop string amplitudes, the prepotential of the vector multiplets of the N=2 effective low-energy heterotic string is calculated in decomposable toroidal compactifications of the heterotic string ... This method provides the solution for the one loop correction to the prepotential of the vector multiplets of the heterotic string compactified on the K_3 \times T^2...
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