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$N=2$ heterotic string threshold correction, $K3$ surface and generalized Kac-Moody superalgebra

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v3

Abstract

We study a standard-embedding N=2N=2 heterotic string compactification on K3×T2K3\times T^2 with a Wilson line turned on and perform a world-sheet calculation of string threshold correction. The result can be expressed in terms of the quantities appearing in the two-loop calculation of bosonic string. We also comment and speculate on the relevance of our result to generalized Kac-Moody superalgebra and N=2N=2 heterotic-type IIA duality.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9512046,
  title  = {$N=2$ heterotic string threshold correction, $K3$ surface and generalized Kac-Moody superalgebra},
  author = {Toshiya Kawai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9512046},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, LaTeX; reference added, numerical factor corrected

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