Published January 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Discrete moduli for type I compactifications

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France)
  • 2. LPTHE, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, Tour 16, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)

Description

We study type I compactification on a 4-torus, with a nontrivial discrete background RR 4-form field. By using string dualities and recent insights for gauge theories on tori, we find that a nontrivial background for the RR 4-form is correlated with Spin(32)/Z2 bundles that are described by a 'nontrivial quadruple' of holonomies. We also briefly discuss other discrete moduli for the type I string, and variants of orientifold planes

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 026007-026007.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35039880
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
COMPACTIFICATION; DUALITY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; STRING MODELS; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; DATA; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL

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(c) 2001 The American Physical Society