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Mitsuko Abe

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Dualities between K3 fibered Calabi-Yau three-folds

We propose a way to examine N=1 and N=2 string dualities on Calabi-Yau three-folds or extensions. Our way is to find out or to construct two types of toric representations of a Calabi-Yau three-fold, which contain phases topologically equivalent or phases connected by flops. We discuss how to find relations among Calabi-Yau three-folds realized in different toric representations. We examine several examples of Calabi-Yau three-folds which have the Hodge numbers, $(h^{1,1},h^{2,1})=(5,185)$ and the various numbers of K3 fibers. We observe that each phase of our examples contains Del Pezzo 4-cycles, $B_8$ in six ways.

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Calabi-Yau manifolds constructed by Borcea-Voisin method

We construct Calabi-Yau manifolds and their mirrors from K3 surfaces. This method was first developed by Borcea and Voisin. We examined their properties torically and checked mirror symmetry for Calabi-Yau 4-fold case. From Borcea-Voisin 3-fold or 4-fold examples, it may be possible to probe the S-duality of Seiberg -Witten.

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Puzzles on the Duality between Heterotic and Type IIA Strings

We discuss the possibility of the extension of the duality between the webs of heterotic string and the type IIA string to Calabi-Yau 3-folds with another K3 fiber by comparing the dual polyhedron of Calabi-Yau 3-folds given by Candelas, Perevalov and Rajesh.

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SO(2,1) Covariant IIB Superalgebra

We propose a type IIB super-Poincare algebra with SO(2,1) covariant central extension. Together with SO(2,1) and SO(9,1) generators, a SO(2,1) triplet (momenta), a Majorana-spinor doublet (supercharges) and a Rarita-Schwinger central charge generate a group, G. We consider a coset G/H where H=(SO(2) x Lorentz), and the SL(2,R) 2-form doublet is obtained by the coset construction. It is shown that U(1) connections, whose strengths are associated with 2-forms, are recognized as coordinates of the enlarged space. We suggest that this is the fundamental algebra governing the superstring theories which explains the IIB SL(2,R) duality and geometrical origin of U(1) fields.

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The Partition Function in the Four-Dimensional Schwarz-type Topological Half-Flat Two-Form Gravity

We derive the partition functions of the Schwarz-type four-dimensional topological half-flat 2-form gravity model on K3-surface or T^4 up to on-shell one-loop corrections. In this model the bosonic moduli spaces describe an equivalent class of a trio of the Einstein-Kähler forms (the hyperkähler forms). The integrand of the partition function is represented by the product of some $\bar \partial$-torsions.

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Moduli Spaces in the Four-Dimensional Topological Half-Flat Gravity

We classify the moduli spaces of the four-dimensional topological half-flat gravity models by using the canonical bundle. For a K3-surface or four-dimensional torus, they describe an equivalent class of a trio of the Einstein-Kahler forms ( the hyperkahler forms ). We calculate the dimensions of these moduli spaces by using the Atiyah-Singer Index theorem. We mention the partition function and the possibility of the observables in the Witten-type topological half-flat gravity model case.

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Gravitational Instantons and Moduli Spaces of Topological 2-form Gravity

A topological version of four-dimensional (Euclidean) Einstein gravity which we propose regards anti-self-dual 2-forms and an anti-self-dual part of the frame connections as fundamental fields. The theory describes the moduli spaces of conformally self-dual Einstein manifolds for the non-zero cosmological constant case and Einstein-Kahlerian manifold with the vanishing real first Chern class for the zero cosmological constant. In the non-zero cosmological constant case, we evaluate the index of the elliptic complex associated with the moduli space and calculate the partition function. We also clarify the moduli space and its dimension for the zero cosmological constant case which are related to the Plebansky's heavenly equations.

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Moduli Space of Topological 2-form Gravity

We propose a topological version of four-dimensional (Euclidean) Einstein gravity, in which anti-self-dual 2-forms and an SU(2) connection are used as fundamental fields. The theory describes the moduli space of conformally self-dual Einstein manifolds. In the presence of a cosmological constant, we evaluate the index of the elliptic complex associated with the moduli space.

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