Dualities of Type 0 Strings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-11-19 v3
Abstract
It is conjectured that the two closed bosonic string theories, Type 0A and Type 0B, correspond to certain supersymmetry breaking orbifold compactifications of M-theory. Various implications of this conjecture are discussed, in particular the behaviour of the tachyon at strong coupling and the existence of non-perturbative fermionic states in Type 0A. The latter are shown to correspond to bound states of Type 0A D-particles, thus providing further evidence for the conjecture. We also give a comprehensive description of the various Type 0 closed and open string theories.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9906055,
title = {Dualities of Type 0 Strings},
author = {O. Bergman and M. R. Gaberdiel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9906055},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
23 pages LaTex, 1 figure. Error corrected in table 1. Version to appear in JHEP