New N = 1 Supersymmetric 3 - dimensional Superstring Vacua from U - manifolds
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Making use of non-perturbative U-duality symmetries of type II strings we construct new 'superstring' vacua in three dimensions with N=1 supersymmetry. This has an interpretation as compactifying formally from 13 dimensions (S-theory) on Calabi-Yau 5-folds possessing a T 3 × T 2 fibration. We describe some part of the massless multiplets, given by the Hodge spectrum, and point to a corresponding 5-brane configuration.
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