A note on fluxes in six-dimensional string theory backgrounds
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We study the structure of warped compactifications of type IIB string theory to six space–time dimensions. We find that the most general four-manifold describing the internal dimensions is conformal to a Kähler manifold, in contrast with the heterotic case where the four-manifold must be conformally Calabi–Yau. 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005