Dimensional reduction of superstring models

Edward Witten

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(85)90976-1

Dimensional reduction of superstring models

Edward Witten

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Compactification of ten-dimensional supergravity on Calabi-Yau manifolds (as recently proposed by Candelas, Horowitz, Strominger, and the author) gives n=1 supergravity theories in four dimensions. This paper is devoted to working out the Kähler potential and superpotential which arise.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	151-155
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	155
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(85)90976-1
State	Published - May 23 1985

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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