Heterotic and Type I String Dynamics from Eleven Dimensions

Details Heterotic and Type I String Dynamics from Eleven Dimensions Heterotic and Type I String Dynamics from Eleven Dimensions

1995-10-29

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9510209v2

Nucl.Phys.B460:506-524,1996

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

27 pages, 2 postscript figures, harvmac, epsf; a reference added

Scientific paper

10.1016/0550-3213(95)00621-4

We propose that the ten-dimensional $E_8\times E_8$ heterotic string is related to an eleven-dimensional theory on the orbifold ${\bf R}^{10}\times {\bf S}^1/{\bf Z}_2$ in the same way that the Type IIA string in ten dimensions is related to ${\bf R}^{10}\times {\bf S}^1$. This in particular determines the strong coupling behavior of the ten-dimensional $E_8\times E_8$ theory. It also leads to a plausible scenario whereby duality between $SO(32)$ heterotic and Type I superstrings follows from the classical symmetries of the eleven-dimensional world, just as the $SL(2,{\bf Z})$ duality of the ten-dimensional Type IIB theory follows from eleven-dimensional diffeomorphism invariance.

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