Type 2 superstrings on twisted group manifolds and their heterotic counterparts

Journal Article · Tue Mar 20 04:00:00 EST 1990 · International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA)

OSTI ID:6474114

Fre, P; Ferrara, S ^[1]

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1. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (US)

The authors construct Type II superstrings in four space-time dimensions compactified on a twisted Wess-Zumino-Witten model based on the group SU(2){sup 3}. It is shown that within this framework, it is possible to obtain models with N = 6, 5 and 3 space-time supersymmetries, in addition to the usual models with N = 8, 4 and 2. The map of these models into the corresponding heterotic superstrings compactifications on six-dimensional manifolds also derived: in complete analogy to the compactifications on six-dimensional manifolds also in this case this map from Type II to heterotic superstrings corresponds geometrically to the embedding of the 9-dimensional compact manifold spin-connection into the gauge connection. The superstring compactifications the authors discuss are equivalent to asymmetric orbifold constructions in six-dimensions with no necessity, however, of introducing chiral bosons.

• OSTI ID: 6474114
• Journal Information: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA), Journal Name: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA) Vol. 5:6; ISSN IMPAE; ISSN 0217-751X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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