On the duality between perturbative heterotic orbifolds and M-theory on \(T^4/Z_N\)

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00460-0zbMath0991.81091arXivhep-th/9912144OpenAlexW2125085307WikidataQ127955630 ScholiaQ127955630MaRDI QIDQ5933294

Vadim S. Kaplunovsky, Shimon Yankielowicz, Jacob Sonnenschein, Stefan J. Theisen

Publication date: 14 May 2001

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912144

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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