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Orbifolds of M-Theory and Type II String Theories in Two Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v1

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 T9/J9T^9/J_9 is dual to the orbifold compactification of type IIB string theory on T8/I8T^8/I_8, the same orbifold T8/I8T^8/I_8 of type IIA string theory is dual to M-theory compactified on a smooth product manifold K3×T5K3 \times T^5. Similarly, while the orbifold compactification of M-theory on (K3×T5)/σ...J5(K3 \times T^5)/\sigma ... J_5 is dual to the orbifold compactification of type IIB string theory on (K3×T4)/σ...I4(K3 \times T^4)/\sigma ... I_4, the same orbifold of type IIA string theory is dual to the orbifold T4×(K3×S1)/σ...J1T^4 \times (K3 \times S^1)/\sigma ... J_1 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.

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@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}
}

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25 pages, plain latex, no figures