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On Gauge Bosons in the Matrix Model Approach to M Theory
Shamit Kachru, Eva Silverstein
We discuss the appearance of gauge bosons in Banks, Fischler, Shenker, and Susskind's zero brane quantum mechanics approach to M theory, compactified on the interva…
Duality, Compactification, and Effects in the Heterotic String Theory
Eva Silverstein
Two classes of stringy instanton effects, stronger than standard field theory instantons, are identified in the heterotic string theory. These contributions are established using t…
New N=1 Superconformal Field Theories in Four Dimensions from D-brane Probes
Ofer Aharony, Shamit Kachru, Eva Silverstein
We present several new examples of nontrivial 4d N=1 superconformal field theories. Some of these theories exhibit exotic global symmetries, including non-simply laced groups (such…
Singularities, Gauge Dynamics, and Nonperturbative Superpotentials in String Theory
Shamit Kachru, Eva Silverstein
We describe a class of 4d N=1 compactifications of the heterotic/type I string theory which are destabilized by nonperturbatively generated superpotentials. In the type I…
SUSY Gauge Dynamics and Singularities of 4d N=1 String Vacua
S. Kachru, N. Seiberg, E. Silverstein
Many N=1 heterotic string compactifications exhibit physically mysterious singularities at codimension one in the moduli space of vacua. At these singularities, Yukawa couplings of…