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Moduli Corrections to Gravitational Couplings from String loops

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-01 v1

Abstract

We study moduli dependent threshold corrections to gravitational couplings in the case of the heterotic string compactified on a symmetric orbifold, for untwisted moduli, extending previous analysis on gauge couplings. Like in the gauge case, the contribution comes entirely from the spacetime N=2N=2 sector. As a byproduct, this calculation provides a simple derivation of the trace anomaly coefficients for the different fields coupled to gravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9203071,
  title  = {Moduli Corrections to Gravitational Couplings from String loops},
  author = {I. Antoniadis and E. Gava and K. S. Narain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9203071},
  year   = {2010}
}

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9 pages