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New Stringy Instanton Effects

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2823789· OSTI ID:21039336
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396 (United States)

D-brane instantons can generate open string couplings in the superpotential which violate global abelian symmetries and are therefore perturbatively forbidden. After discussing the main ingredients, focussing for concretenes on Type IIA orientifold compactifications, we exemplify the generation of perturbatively forbidden Yukawa couplings as well as Majorana mass terms for right-handed neutrinos in SU(5) GUT-like models.

OSTI ID:
21039336
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 957; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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