Published August 21, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

D-instantons and twistors: some exact results

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique and Astroparticules, CNRS UMR 5207, Universite Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 (France)

Description

We present some results on instanton corrections to the hypermultiplet moduli space in Calabi-Yau compactifications of type-II string theories. Previously, using twistor methods, only a class of D-instantons (D2-instantons wrapping A-cycles) was incorporated exactly and the rest was treated only linearly. We go beyond the linear approximation and give a set of holomorphic functions which, through a known procedure, capture the effect of D-instantons at all orders. Moreover, we show that for a sector where all instanton charges have vanishing symplectic invariant scalar product, the hypermultiplet metric can be computed explicitly.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/42/33/335402

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/42/33/335402;
PII
S1751-8113(09)10919-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
33
Journal Page Range
[26 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41048203
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
APPROXIMATIONS; CAPTURE; COMPACTIFICATION; INSTANTONS; METRICS; SCALARS; STRING THEORY
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; M-THEORY; QUASI PARTICLES