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arxiv: hep-th/0306091 · v2 · pith:CJDUKDO5new · submitted 2003-06-10 · ✦ hep-th

BPS orientifold planes from crosscap states in Calabi-Yau compactifications

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keywords crosscapstatescalabi-yaucompactificationsorientifoldplanesrelationautomorphism
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We use the results of hep-th/0007174 on the simple current classification of open unoriented CFTs to construct half supersymmetry preserving crosscap states for rational Calabi-Yau compactifications. We show that the corresponding orientifold fixed planes obey the BPS-like relation M=exp(i*phi)Q. To prove this relation, it is essential that the worldsheet CFT properly includes the degrees of freedom from the uncompactified space-time component. The BPS-phase phi can be identified with the automorphism type of the crosscap states. To illustrate the method we compute crosscap states in Gepner models with each k_i odd.

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