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N=2 String-String Duality and Holomorphic couplings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We review aspects of N=2 duality between the heterotic and the type IIA string. After a description of string duality intended for the non-specialist the computation of the heterotic prepotential and the F1F_1 function for the ST, STU and STUV model (V a Wilson line) and the matching with the Calabi-Yau instanton expansions are given in detail. Relations with BPS spectral sums in various connections are pointed out.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9708009,
  title  = {N=2 String-String Duality and Holomorphic couplings},
  author = {G. Curio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9708009},
  year   = {2015}
}

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86 pages, latex