Duality Group for Calabi-Yau 2-Moduli Space

Abstract

We present an efficient method for computing the duality group $Γ$ of the moduli space \cM for strings compactified on a Calabi-Yau manifold described by a two-moduli deformation of the quintic polynomial immersed in $\CP(4)$, $\cW={1\over5}(\iy_1^5+\cdots+\iy_5^5)-a\,\iy_4^3 \iy_5^2 -b\, \iy_4^2 \iy_5^3$. We show that $Γ$ is given by a $3$--dimensional representation of a central extension of $B_5$, the braid group on five strands.