Compactifications of F theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. 1

Morrison, David R.; Vafa, Cumrun

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(96)00242-8

Compactifications of F theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. 1

David R. Morrison
(
- Duke U.
)
,
Cumrun Vafa
(
- Harvard U.
)

Feb, 1996

23 pages

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Nucl.Phys.B 473 (1996) 74-92

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hep-th/9602114 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/0550-3213(96)00242-8

Report number:

DUKE-TH-96-106,
HUTP-96-A007

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Abstract:

We study compactifications of F-theory on certain Calabi--Yau threefolds. We find that

N=2

dualities of type II/heterotic strings in 4 dimensions get promoted to

N=1

dualities between heterotic string and F-theory in 6 dimensions. The six dimensional heterotic/heterotic duality becomes a classical geometric symmetry of the Calabi--Yau in the F-theory setup. Moreover the F-theory compactification sheds light on the nature of the strong coupling transition and what lies beyond the transition at finite values of heterotic string coupling constant.

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23 pages + 1 figure using harvmac's `big' option Report-no: DUKE-TH-96-106, HUTP-96/A007

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String/string duality
Phase transitions
Type IIA string
Nonperturbative effects in string theory
string model: heterotic
compactification

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