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arxiv: hep-th/9608145 · v1 · submitted 1996-08-21 · ✦ hep-th

Threshhold Corrections in K3times T2 Heterotic String Compactifications

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keywords correctionsstringcompactificationscouplinggravitationalheterotictheorytimes
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We consider compactifications of the heterotic string on $K3 \times T2$ so that the resulting theory in $d = 4$ space-time dimensions has $N = 2$ supersymmetry. The gravitational and gauge coupling constants of the low-energy effective theory receive threshold corrections from loops of super-heavy string states. We calculate these corrections for the case when the $K3$-surface is a ${\bf Z}_n$ orbifold of a four torus $T4$. The results are used to determine the one-loop prepotential ${\cal F}_0^{(1)}$ for the vector multiplets and the gravitational coupling ${\cal F}_1^{(1)}$.

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