The SO(32) Heterotic String on a K3 Surface

Details The SO(32) Heterotic String on a K3 Surface The SO(32) Heterotic String on a K3 Surface

1996-05-18

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9605131v2

Phys.Lett. B387 (1996) 735-742

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

12 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure, refs modified

Scientific paper

10.1016/0370-2693(96)01095-7

The SO(32) heterotic string on a K3 surface is analyzed in terms of the dual theory of a type II string (or F-theory) on an elliptically fibred Calabi-Yau manifold. The results are in beautiful agreement with earlier work by Witten using very different methods. In particular, we find gauge groups of SO(32) x Sp(k) appearing at points in the moduli space identified with point-like instantons and see hypermultiplets in the (32,2k) representation becoming massless at the same time. We also discuss some aspects of the E8 x E8 case.

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