TOPOLOGY CHANGE IN STRING THEORY

被引:7
作者
CVETIC, M [1 ]
KUTASOV, D [1 ]
机构
[1] PRINCETON UNIV,JOSEPH HENRY LABS,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)90409-Y
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the distance in the space of couplings of two-dimensional quantum field theories, as specified by the Zamolodchikov metric. We show that for world-sheet supersymmetric theories, the Witten index (target space Euler number) cannot be changed while moving a finite distance, and illustrate this for N = 1 and N = 2 minimal series as well as for Calabi-Yau manifolds. © 1990.
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页码:61 / 66
页数:6
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