On Orbifolds with Discrete Torsion
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In this article, the interpretation in classical geometry of conformal field theories constructed from orbifolds with discrete torsion is considered, and examples of stringy regions that from a classical point of view are singularities that are to be neither resolved nor blown up are given.Abstract:
We consider the interpretation in classical geometry of conformal field theories constructed from orbifolds with discrete torsion. In examples we can analyze, these spacetimes contain ``stringy regions'' that from a classical point of view are singularities that are to be neither resolved nor blown up. Some of these models also give particularly simple and clear examples of mirror symmetry.read more
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