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arxiv: hep-th/9610237 · v1 · submitted 1996-10-30 · ✦ hep-th

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Fivebrane Instantons and R² couplings in N=4 String Theory

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keywords stringfivebranestheoryeffectsgravitationalheteroticinstantonsassociate
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We compute the gravitational coupling $F_1$ for IIA string theory on $K3 \times T^2$ and use string-string duality to deduce the corresponding term for heterotic string on $T^6$. The latter is an infinite sum of gravitational instanton effects which we associate with the effects of Euclidean fivebranes wrapped on $T^6$. These fivebranes are the neutral fivebranes or zero size instantons of heterotic string theory.

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