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Compactification of M theory on $Spin(7)$ manifolds
In their book (chapter 9, page 438-439), the authors K. Becker, M. Becker and J. H. Schwarz discussed about $Spin(7)$ compactifications of M theory. Since the $Spin(7)$ manifolds are eight dimensional,...
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How to compute Physical Constants from given Calabi-Yau Compactification of Effective Field Theory of corresponding String Theory?
I got some interest in String Theory when I was listening to lectures of David Tong and Brian Greene. I remember them stating that the spacetime manifold is compactified to resemble our usual 3+1 ...
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Compactification of Bosonic Closed Strings on $T^2$ and $T^3$
I am looking for a text to explain compactification of bosonic closed strings on $T^2$ and $T^3$ by focusing on its gauge groups enhancement. In fact, I want to know in each case ($T^2$ and $T^3$) how ...
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Algebraic geometry and topology for string theory [duplicate]
I am looking for a comprehensive book or notes in algebraic geometry and topology techniques used in string theory compactifications covering topics like orientifolds, orbiolds, Calabi Yau manifolds ...