Compactification of type IIB string theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds

Authors
Bohm, R Gunther, H Herrmann, C Louis, J
Citation
R. Bohm et al., Compactification of type IIB string theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds, NUCL PHYS B, 569(1-3), 2000, pp. 229-246
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
ISSN journal
05503213 → ACNP
Volume
569
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
229 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(20000313)569:1-3<229:COTIST>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We study compactifications of type IIB supergravity on Calabi-Yau threefold s. The resulting low energy effective Lagrangian is displayed in the large volume limit and its symmetry properties - with specific emphasis on the SL (2,Z)- are discussed. The explicit map to type IIA string theory compactifi ed on a mirror Calabi-Yau is derived. We argue that strong coupling effects on the world-sheet break the SL(2,Z). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All r ights reserved.