BACKGROUND SYMMETRIES IN ORBIFOLDS WITH DISCRETE WILSON LINES

Authors
LOVE A SABRA WA THOMAS S
Citation
A. Love et al., BACKGROUND SYMMETRIES IN ORBIFOLDS WITH DISCRETE WILSON LINES, Nuclear physics. B, 427(1-2), 1994, pp. 181-202
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
427
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
181 - 202
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1994)427:1-2<181:BSIOWD>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Target space symmetries are studied for orbifold compactified string t heories containing Wilson line background fields. The symmetries deter mined are for those moduli which contribute to the string loop thresho ld corrections of the gauge coupling constants. The groups found are s ubgroups of the modular group PSL(2, Z) and depend on the choice of di screte Wilson lines and the shape of the underlying six-dimensional la ttice.