Exact monodromy group of N = 2 heterotic superstring

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Abstract

We describe an N = 2 heterotic superstring model of rank 3 which is dual to the type II string compactified on a Calabi-Yau manifold with Betti numbers b1,1 = 2 and b1,2 = 86. We show that the exact duality symmetry found from the type II realization contains the perturbative duality group of the heterotic model, as well as the exact quantum monodromies of the rigid SU(2) super-Yang-Mills theory. Moreover, it contains a non-perturbative monodromy which is stringy in origin and corresponds roughly to an exchange of the string coupling with the compactification radius.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)470-488
Number of pages19
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume460
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Feb 1996

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