Compactifications of F-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. I

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00242-8zbMATH Open0925.14005arXivhep-th/9602114OpenAlexW4237430678MaRDI QIDQ1921025

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Publication date: 12 August 1996

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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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9602114

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