On Fractional Instanton Numbers in Six Dimensional Heterotic E8 × E8 Orbifolds
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چکیده
We show how the level matching condition in six dimensional, abelian and supersymmetric orbifolds of the E8 × E8 heterotic string can be given equivalently in terms of fractional gauge and gravitational instanton numbers. This relation is used to restate the classification of the orbifolds in terms of flat bundles away from the orbifold singularities under the constraint of the level matching condition. In an outlook these results are applied to Kaluza-Klein monopoles of the heterotic string on S in Wilson line backgrounds.
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