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arxiv: hep-th/9109045 · v2 · pith:WBFVN7LJnew · submitted 1991-09-24 · ✦ hep-th

Note on Discrete Gauge Anomalies

T. Banks , M. Dine This is my paper
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We consider the probem of gauging discrete symmetries. All valid constraints on such symmetries can be understood in the low energy theory in terms of instantons. We note that string perturbation theory often exhibits global discrete symmetries, which are broken non-perturbatively.

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