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A Note on Orientifolds and F-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

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.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9607041,
  title  = {A Note on Orientifolds and F-theory},
  author = {Atish Dabholkar and Jaemo Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9607041},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, harvmac

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