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Orientifolding in N = 2 superspace
Author(s) -
RoblesLlana D.,
Roček M.,
Saueressig F.,
Theis U.,
Vandoren S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200610370
Subject(s) - orientifold , superstring theory , superspace , simple (philosophy) , theoretical physics , physics , pure mathematics , mathematical physics , mathematics , philosophy , supersymmetry , epistemology , string theory
We discuss orientifold projections on superspace effective actions for hypermultiplets. We present a simple and new mechanism that allows one to find the Kähler potential and complex structure for the N = 1 theory directly in terms of the parent N = 2 theory. As an application, we demonstrate our method for Calabi‐Yau orientifold compactifications of type IIB superstrings.