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Orientifold Limit of F-theory Vacua

arXiv:hep-th/9709159 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00143-1

Abstract

We show how F-theory on a Calabi-Yau (n+1)-fold, in appropriate limit, can be identified as an orientifold of type IIB string theory compactified on a Calabi-Yau n-fold.

LaTeX file, 14 pages, 3 figures, Talk at STRINGS'97 and Trieste conference on Duality Symmetries