A Note on orientifolds and F - theory

Jul, 1996
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 394 (1997) 302-306
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Abstract:
An orientifold of Type-IIB theory on a K3K3 realized as a Z2Z_2 orbifold is constructed which corresponds to F-theory compactification on a Calabi-Yau orbifold with Hodge numbers (51,3)(51, 3). The T-dual of this model is analogous to an orbifold with discrete torsion in that the action of orientation reversal has an additional phase on the twisted sectors, and both 9-branes and 5-branes carry orthogonal gauge groups. An orientifold of the Z3Z_3 orbifold and its relation to F-theory is briefly discussed.
  • string model
  • supersymmetry
  • space-time: Calabi-Yau
  • compactification
  • field theory: orbifold
  • F-theory
  • duality
  • torsion
  • geometry: algebra