Massive T-duality in six dimensions
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A massive version of T-duality in six dimensions is given, that maps the K3 compactification of Romans’ theory onto the K3 compactification of Type IIB theory. This is done by performing a (standard) Kaluza-Klein reduction on six-dimensional massive Type IIA and a Scherk-Schwarz reduction on Type IIB, mapping both theories onto the same fivedimensional theory. We also comment shortly on the difficulties arising if one intends to construct a massive generalisation of the six-dimensional string-string duality. E-mail address: [email protected] 1
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