An Orientifold from F theory

Blum, Julie D.; Zaffaroni, Alberto

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(96)01008-8

An Orientifold from F theory

Jun, 1996

7 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 387 (1996) 71-74

e-Print:

hep-th/9607019 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/0370-2693(96)01008-8

Report number:

IASSNS-HEP-96-74

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Abstract:

The massless spectrum of an orientifold of the IIB string theory is computed and shown to be identical to F theory on the Calabi-Yau threefold with

h_{11}=51

and

h_{21}=3

. Target space duality is also considered in this model.

Note:

7 pages, Harvmac.tex Report-no: IASSNS-HEP-96/74

string model
supersymmetry
F-theory
spectrum: string
string: spectrum
duality
membrane model: p-brane

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