Wrapping the M Theory Five - Brane on K
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چکیده
Using a recently constructed M5-brane world-volume action, we demonstrate that wrapping the M5-brane on K3 gives the heterotic string in seven dimensions. To facilitate the comparison, a new version of the world-sheet action for the Naraincompactified heterotic string, with manifest T duality invariance, is formulated. Work supported in part by the U.S. Dept. of Energy under Grant No. DE-FG03-92-ER40701.
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