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E + E $\rightarrow$ H

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-01-07 v2

Abstract

E-strings arise from M2 branes suspended between an M5 brane and an M9 plane. In this paper we obtain explicit expressions for the elliptic genus of two E-strings using a series of string dualities. Moreover we show how this can be used to recover the elliptic genus of two E8×E8E_8\times E_8 heterotic strings using the Horava-Witten realization of heterotic strings in M-theory. This involves highly non-trivial identities among Jacobi forms, and is remarkable in light of the fact that E-strings are 'sticky' and form bound states whereas heterotic strings do not form bound states.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1406.0850,
  title  = {E + E $\rightarrow$ H},
  author = {Babak Haghighat and Guglielmo Lockhart and Cumrun Vafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.0850},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

38+1 pages, 6 figures; minor corrections

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