ORIENTIFOLD LIMIT OF F-THEORY VACUA

Authors
SEN A
Citation
A. Sen, ORIENTIFOLD LIMIT OF F-THEORY VACUA, Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement, 68, 1998, pp. 92-98
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement → ACNP
ISSN journal
09205632
Volume
68
Year of publication
1998
Pages
92 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(1998)68:<92:OLOFV>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We show how F-theory on a Calabi-Yau (n + 1)-fold, in appropriate limi t, can be identified as an orientifold of type IIB string theory compa ctified on a Calabi-Yau n-fold.