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Discrete moduli for Type I compactifications

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We study type I compactification on a 4-torus, with a non-trivial discrete background RR 4-form field. By using string dualities and recent insights for gauge theories on tori, we find that a non-trivial background for the RR 4-form is correlated with Spin(32)/Z_2 bundles that are described by a ``non-trivial quadruple'' of holonomies. We also briefly discuss other discrete moduli for the type I string, and variants of orientifold planes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0105101,
  title  = {Discrete moduli for Type I compactifications},
  author = {Arjan Keurentjes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0105101},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages, LaTeX; typo's corrected, reference added