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Calabi-Yau Duals for CHL Strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-29 v2

Abstract

We find M-theory (Type IIA) duals for compactifications of the 9d CHL string to 5d (4d) on K3 (K3 x S^1). The IIA duals are Calabi-Yau orbifolds with nontrivial RR U(1) backgrounds turned on.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9712035,
  title  = {Calabi-Yau Duals for CHL Strings},
  author = {Shamit Kachru and Albrecht Klemm and Yaron Oz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9712035},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, harvmac

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