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A one-loop test of string duality. (English) Zbl 1009.81541
Summary: We test Type IIA-heterotic string duality in six dimensions by showing that the sigma model anomaly of the heterotic string is generated by a combination of a tree level and a string one-loop correction on the Type IIA side.

##### MSC:
 81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory 14J28 $$K3$$ surfaces and Enriques surfaces 32J81 Applications of compact analytic spaces to the sciences 81T40 Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics 81T50 Anomalies in quantum field theory
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