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Wrapping the M Theory Five-Brane on K3

Sergey Cherkis, John H. Schwarz

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9703062

Abstract

Using a recently constructed M5-brane world-volume action, we demonstrate that wrapping the M5-brane on K3 gives the heterotic string in seven dimensions. To facilitate the comparison, a new version of the world-sheet action for the Narain-compactified heterotic string, with manifest T duality invariance, is formulated.

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