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arxiv: hep-th/9904007 · v4 · submitted 1999-04-02 · ✦ hep-th

Non-perturbative Orientifolds

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We consider non-perturbative six and four dimensional N=1 space-time supersymmetric orientifolds. Some states in such compactifications arise in ``twisted'' open string sectors which lack world-sheet description in terms of D-branes. Using Type I-heterotic duality we are able to obtain the massless spectra for some of such orientifolds. The four dimensional compactification we discuss in this context is an example of a chiral N=1 supersymmetric string vacuum which is non-perturbative in both orientifold and heterotic pictures. In particular, it contains both D9- and D5-branes plus non-perturbative ``twisted'' open string sector states as well.

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