Publications [#225463] of Marco Bertolini

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  1. M. Bertolini, M. R. Plesser, Worldsheet instantons and (0,2) linear models (October, 2014) [pdf] .

    Abstract:
    We study the stability of heterotic compactifications described by (0,2) gauged linear sigma models with respect to worldsheet instanton corrections to the space-time superpotential following the work of Beasley and Witten. We show that generic models elude the vanishing theorem proved there, and may not determine supersymmetric heterotic vacua. We then construct a subclass of linear models for which a vanishing theorem holds, generating an extensive list of consistent heterotic backgrounds.