Duality, Compactification, and $e^{-1/\lambda}$ Effects in the Heterotic String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
Two classes of stringy instanton effects, stronger than standard field theory instantons, are identified in the heterotic string theory. These contributions are established using type IIA/heterotic and type I/heterotic dualities. They provide examples for the heterotic case of the effects predicted by Shenker based on the large-order behavior of perturbation theory. The corrections vanish as the radius of the compactification goes to infinity. For appropriate amplitudes, they are computable worldsheet or worldline instanton effects on the dual side. Some potential applications are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9611195,
title = {Duality, Compactification, and $e^{-1/\lambda}$ Effects in the Heterotic String Theory},
author = {Eva Silverstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9611195},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, harvmac big