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Non-perturbative corrections in N=2 strings

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Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification

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We investigate the non-perturbative equivalence of some heterotic/type IIA dual pairs with N=2 supersymmetry. We compute R 2-like corrections, both on the type IIA and on the heterotic side. The coincidence of their perturbative part provides a test of duality. The type IIA result is then used to predict the full, non-perturbative correction to the heterotic effective action. We determine the instanton numbers and the Olive-Montonen duality groups.

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  1. Theory Division, CERN, 1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    Andrea Gregori

  2. Institut de Physique Théorique, Université de Neuchâtel, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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Gregori, A. (1999). Non-perturbative corrections in N=2 strings. In: Ceresole, A., Kounnas, C., Lüst, D., Theisen, S. (eds) Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104254

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