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Fivebrane Instantons and $R^2$ couplings in $N=4$ String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-08-25 v1

Abstract

We compute the gravitational coupling F1F_1 for IIA string theory on K3×T2K3 \times T^2 and use string-string duality to deduce the corresponding term for heterotic string on T6T^6. The latter is an infinite sum of gravitational instanton effects which we associate with the effects of Euclidean fivebranes wrapped on T6T^6. These fivebranes are the neutral fivebranes or zero size instantons of heterotic string theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9610237,
  title  = {Fivebrane Instantons and $R^2$ couplings in $N=4$ String Theory},
  author = {Jeffrey A. Harvey and Gregory Moore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9610237},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

16 pages, harvmac, no figures

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