World-sheet instantons and the Peccei-Quinn symmetry

X. G. Wen; Edward Witten

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(86)91587-X

World-sheet instantons and the Peccei-Quinn symmetry

X. G. Wen, Edward Witten

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It is shown that world-sheets violate the Peccie-Quinn symmetries associated with some of the axions that arise in superstring compactification. In the case of unbroken low-energy supersymmetry, the Peccie-Quinn violating operators that arise are D terms of dimension six. One remaining axion is unaffected.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	397-401
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	166
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(86)91587-X
State	Published - Jan 23 1986

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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