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Enhanced gauge symmetries on elliptic K3

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v1

Abstract

We show that the geometry of K3 surfaces with singularities of type A-D-E contains enough information to reconstruct a copy of the Lie algebra associated to the given Dynkin diagram. We apply this construction to explain the enhancement of symmetry in F and IIA theories compactified on singular K3's.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9807057,
  title  = {Enhanced gauge symmetries on elliptic K3},
  author = {L. Bonora and C. Reina and A. Zampa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9807057},
  year   = {2010}
}

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9 pages, Latex