A COMMENT ON BPS STATES IN F-THEORY IN 8 DIMENSIONS

Authors
JOHANSEN A
Citation
A. Johansen, A COMMENT ON BPS STATES IN F-THEORY IN 8 DIMENSIONS, Physics letters. Section B, 395(1-2), 1997, pp. 36-41
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
395
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
36 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1997)395:1-2<36:ACOBSI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We study some aspects of enhanced gauge symmetries in F-theory compact ified on K3. We find open string configurations connecting various 7-b ranes which represent stable BPS states. In this approach we recover D -n and E(n) gauge groups previously found from an analysis of singular ities of the moduli space of elliptically fibered K3 manifolds as well as examples of non-perturbative realizations of A(n) groups.