Orbifolds of M-Theory and Type II String Theories in Two Dimensions
Abstract
We consider several orbifold compactifications of M-theory and their corresponding type II duals in two space-time dimensions. In particular, we show that while the orbifold compactification of M-theory on is dual to the orbifold compactification of type IIB string theory on , the same orbifold of type IIA string theory is dual to M-theory compactified on a smooth product manifold . Similarly, while the orbifold compactification of M-theory on is dual to the orbifold compactification of type IIB string theory on , the same orbifold of type IIA string theory is dual to the orbifold of M-theory. The spectrum of various orbifold compactifications of M-theory and type II string theories on both sides are compared giving evidence in favor of these duality conjectures. We also comment on a connection between Dasgupta-Mukhi-Witten conjecture and Dabholkar-Park-Sen conjecture for the six-dimensional orbifold models of type IIB string theory and M-theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9612141,
title = {Orbifolds of M-Theory and Type II String Theories in Two Dimensions},
author = {Shibaji Roy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9612141},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
25 pages, plain latex, no figures