The Moduli Space and Phase Structure of Heterotic Strings in Two Dimensions
Abstract
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We explore the moduli space of heterotic strings in two dimensions. In doing so, we introduce new lines of compactified theories with Spin(24) gauge symmetry and discuss compactifications with Wilson lines. The phase structure of d=2 heterotic string theory is examined by classifying the hypersurfaces in moduli space which support massless quanta or discrete states. Finally, we compute the torus amplitude over much of the moduli space.
23 pages, 1 figure, harvmac.tex; v2: minor changes to introduction, version to be published in Phys. Rev. D
23 pages, 1 figure, harvmac.tex; v2: minor changes to introduction, version to be published in Phys. Rev. D