| Preprint | |
| Report number | hep-th/9710004 ; TIFR-TH-97-54 |
| Title | Orientifolds : The Unique Personality Of Each Spacetime Dimension |
| Author(s) | Mukhi, S |
| Imprint | 2 Oct 1997. - 15 p. |
| Presented at | Workshop on Frontiers of Field Theory, Quantum Gravity and String Theory, Puri, India, 12 - 21 Dec 1996 |
| Presented at | Joint Paris-Rome-Utrecht-Heraklion-Copenhagen Meeting, Paris, France, Aug 1997 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Theory |
| Abstract | I review some recent developments in our understanding of the dynamics of Z_2 orientifolds of type IIA and IIB strings and M-theory. Interesting physical phenomena that occur in each spacetime dimension from 10 to 1 are summarized, along with some relationships to nonperturbative effects and to M- and F-theory. The conceptual aspects that are highlighted are: (i) orientifolds of M-theory, (ii) exceptional gauge symmetry from open strings, (iii) certain similarities between branes and orientifold planes. Some comments are also made on disconnected components of orientifold moduli space. |
| Other source | Inspire |
| Submitted by | mukhi@ganesh.theory.tifr.res.in |
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