Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1997-02-12
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
11 pages, latex, no figures; contribution to the Proceedings of the XII Italian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitati
Scientific paper
Notwithstanding the central role of D-branes in many recently proposed string dualities, several interesting type I vacua have been found without resorting directly to D-brane technology. In this talk, we analyze a three-generation SO(8)xU(12) chiral type I model with N=1 supersymmetry in D=4. It descends from the type IIB compactification on the Z orbifold and requires only Neumann boundary conditions, i.e. only the ubiquitous D9-branes (pan-branes). We also discuss a large class of 6D type I vacua that display rich patterns of Chan-Paton symmetry breaking/enhancement and various numbers of tensor multiplets. Finally, we briefly address issues raised by the conjectured heterotic - type I duality and by the relation between type I vacua and compactifications of the putative F-theory.
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