Two-loop string theory and the DVV Vertex

We compute the two-loop contributions to the free energy in the null compacti¯cation of perturbative string theory at ¯nite temperature. The cases of bosonic, Type II and heterotic strings are all treated. The calculation exploits an explicit reductive parametrization of the moduli space of in¯nite-...

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Main Author: Cove, Henry C. D.
Other Authors: Szabo, Richard
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507311