Lectures on Heterotic-Type I Duality
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
We present a review of heterotic-type I string duality. In particular, we discuss the effective field theory of six- and four-dimensional compactifications with N>1 supersymmetries. We then describe various duality tests by comparing gauge couplings, N=2 prepotentials, as well as higher-derivative F-terms. Based on invited lectures delivered at: 33rd Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics ``Duality, Strings and Fields,'' Przesieka, Poland, 13 - 22 February 1997; Trieste Conference on Duality Symmetries in String Theory, Trieste, Italy, 1 - 4 April 1997; Cargese Summer School ``Strings, Branes and Dualities,'' Cargese, France, 26 May - 14 June 1997.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9706211,
title = {Lectures on Heterotic-Type I Duality},
author = {I. Antoniadis and H. Partouche and T. R. Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9706211},
year = {2009}
}
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