On the strongly coupled heterotic string
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We analyze in detail the anomaly cancellation conditions for the strongly coupled E8×E8 heterotic string introduced by Horava and Witten and find new features compared to the ten-dimensional Green-Schwarz mechanism. We project onto ten dimensions the corresponding Lagrangian of the zeromode fields. We find that it has a simple interpretation provided by the conjectured heterotic string/fivebrane duality. The part which originates from eleven-dimensions is naturally described in fivebrane language. We discuss physical couplings and scales in four dimensions. LPTHE-Orsay 96/104 GPS 96/110 December 1996 hep-th/9701048
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تاریخ انتشار 1996