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U-Manifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

We use non-perturbative U-duality symmetries of type II strings to construct new vacuum solutions. In some ways this generalizes the F-theory vacuum constructions. We find the possibilities of new vacuum constructions are very limited. Among them we construct new theories with N=2 supersymmetry in 3-dimensions and (1, 1) supersymmetry in 2-dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9611007,
  title  = {U-Manifolds},
  author = {Alok Kumar and Cumrun Vafa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9611007},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages, minor changes in references and text (version to appear in Phys. Lett. B)