On Periods for String Compactifications
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چکیده
Motivated by recent developments in the computation of periods for string compactifications with c = 9, we develop a complementary method which also produces a convenient basis for related calculations. The models are realized as Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in weighted projective spaces of dimension four or as Landau-Ginzburg vacua. The calculation reproduces known results and also allows a treatment of Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds with more than five fields. November 1993 ♠ On leave from the Institute “Rud-er Bošković”, Zagreb, Croatia.
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