Triples, Fluxes, and Strings

dc.creatorde Boer, Jan
dc.creatorDijkgraaf, Robbert
dc.creatorHori, Kentaro
dc.creatorKeurentjes, Arjan
dc.creatorMorgan, John
dc.creatorMorrison, David R.
dc.creatorSethi, Savdeep
dc.date2001-03-20
dc.date2003-07-20
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dc.descriptionWe study string compactifications with sixteen supersymmetries. The moduli space for these compactifications becomes quite intricate in lower dimensions, partly because there are many different irreducible components. We focus primarily, but not exclusively, on compactifications to seven or more dimensions. These vacua can be realized in a number ways: the perturbative constructions we study include toroidal compactifications of the heterotic/type I strings, asymmetric orbifolds, and orientifolds. In addition, we describe less conventional M and F theory compactifications on smooth spaces. The last class of vacua considered are compactifications on singular spaces with non-trivial discrete fluxes. We find a number of new components in the string moduli space. Contained in some of these components are M theory compactifications with novel kinds of ``frozen'' singularities. We are naturally led to conjecture the existence of new dualities relating spaces with different singular geometries and fluxes. As our study of these vacua unfolds, we also learn about additional topics including: F theory on spaces without section, automorphisms of del Pezzo surfaces, and novel physics (and puzzles) from equivariant K-theory. Lastly, we comment on how the data we gain about the M theory three-form might be interpreted.
dc.description150 pages, LaTeX; minor corrections; references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0103170
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0103170
dc.identifierAdv.Theor.Math.Phys. 4 (2002) 995-1186
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/50596
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleTriples, Fluxes, and Strings
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