An Effective Supergravity for the Thermal Phases of N=4 Strings

Abstract

A universal effective supergravity Lagrangian describing the thermal phases of heterotic strings on T^4 x S^1, IIA and IIB strings on K^3 x S^1 is constructed. The resulting non-perturbative phase structure is discussed.

9 pages, 6th Hellenic School and Workshop, Corfu, Greece, Sept. 98

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• Perturbative and Non-Perturbative Partial Supersymmetry Breaking; N=4 -> N=2 -> N=1
• BPS States in Superstrings with Spontaneously Broken SUSY