AN ORIENTIFOLD FROM F-THEORY

Authors
BLUM JD ZAFFARONI A
Citation
Jd. Blum et A. Zaffaroni, AN ORIENTIFOLD FROM F-THEORY, Physics letters. Section B, 387(1), 1996, pp. 71-74
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
387
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
71 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)387:1<71:AOFF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The massless spectrum of an orientifold of the IIB string theory is co mputed and shown to be identical to F theory on the Calabi-Yau threefo ld with h(11) = 51 and h(21) = 3. Target space duality is also conside red in this model.