Universal moduli dependent string thresholds in Z(2) x Z(2) orbifolds

Jan, 1996
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 374 (1996) 49-56
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-95-284,
  • SISSA-170-95-EP

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Abstract:
In the context of a recently proposed method for computing exactly string loop corrections regularized in the infra-red, we determine and calculate the universal moduli-dependent part of the threshold corrections to the gauge couplings for the symmetric Z2×Z2Z_2\times Z_2 orbifold model. We show that these corrections decrease the unification scale of the underlying effective field theory. We also comment on the relation between this infra-red regularization scheme and other proposed methods.
Note:
  • 12 pages, contains two figures Report-no: CERN-TH/95-284, SISSA/170/95/EP
  • string model
  • effective action
  • field theory: orbifold
  • symmetry: Z(2) x Z(2)
  • field theory: soliton
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • numerical calculations