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Supersymmetry Constraints and String Theory on K3

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-01-27 v1

Abstract

We study supervertices in six dimensional (2,0) supergravity theories, and derive supersymmetry non-renormalization conditions on the 4- and 6-derivative four-point couplings of tensor multiplets. As an application, we obtain exact non-perturbative results of such effective couplings in type IIB string theory compactified on K3 surface, extending previous work on type II/heterotic duality. The weak coupling limit thereof, in particular, gives certain integrated four-point functions of half-BPS operators in the nonlinear sigma model on K3 surface, that depend nontrivially on the moduli, and capture worldsheet instanton contributions.

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@article{arxiv.1508.07305,
  title  = {Supersymmetry Constraints and String Theory on K3},
  author = {Ying-Hsuan Lin and Shu-Heng Shao and Yifan Wang and Xi Yin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.07305},
  year   = {2016}
}

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47 pages, 4 figures

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