Resolution of Orbifold Singularities in String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-03 v2
Abstract
In this paper the relationship between the classical description of the resolution of quotient singularities and the string picture is reviewed in the context of N=(2,2) superconformal field theories. A method for the analysis of quotients locally of the form C^d/G where G is abelian is presented. Methods derived from mirror symmetry are used to study the moduli space of the blowing-up process. The case C^2/Z_n is analyzed explicitly. This is largely a review paper to appear in "Essays on Mirror Manifolds, II".
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9403123,
title = {Resolution of Orbifold Singularities in String Theory},
author = {P. Aspinwall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9403123},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
25 pages, IASSNS-HEP-94/9