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Threshhold Corrections in $K3\times T2$ Heterotic String Compactifications

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We consider compactifications of the heterotic string on K3×T2K3 \times T2 so that the resulting theory in d=4d = 4 space-time dimensions has N=2N = 2 supersymmetry. The gravitational and gauge coupling constants of the low-energy effective theory receive threshold corrections from loops of super-heavy string states. We calculate these corrections for the case when the K3K3-surface is a Zn{\bf Z}_n orbifold of a four torus T4T4. The results are used to determine the one-loop prepotential F0(1){\cal F}_0^{(1)} for the vector multiplets and the gravitational coupling F1(1){\cal F}_1^{(1)}.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9608145,
  title  = {Threshhold Corrections in $K3\times T2$ Heterotic String Compactifications},
  author = {M. Henningson and G. Moore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9608145},
  year   = {2009}
}

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