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Threshold effects in open-string theory

C. Bachas, C. Fabre

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9605028

Abstract

We analyze the one-loop effective gauge-field action in Z2-orbifold compactifications of type-I theory. We show how, for non-abelian group factors, the threshold effects are ultraviolet finite though given entirely by a six-dimensional field theory expression.

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