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Orientifold Limit of F-theory Vacua

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-15 v1

Abstract

We show how F-theory on a Calabi-Yau (n+1)-fold, in appropriate limit, can be identified as an orientifold of type IIB string theory compactified on a Calabi-Yau n-fold.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9709159,
  title  = {Orientifold Limit of F-theory Vacua},
  author = {Ashoke Sen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9709159},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTeX file, 14 pages, 3 figures, Talk at STRINGS'97 and Trieste conference on Duality Symmetries