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Threshold effects in open-string theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

We analyze the one-loop effective gauge-field action in Z2Z_2-orbifold compactifications of type-I theory. We show how, for non-abelian group factors, the threshold effects are ultraviolet finite though given entirely by a six-dimensional field theory expression.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9605028,
  title  = {Threshold effects in open-string theory},
  author = {C. Bachas and C. Fabre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9605028},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages, latex. Extra references and minor comments