Perturbative and non-perturbative monodromies in N=2 heterotic string vacua

TL;DR

This paper explores the structure of monodromies in four-dimensional N=2 heterotic string vacua, comparing perturbative and non-perturbative effects with known Yang-Mills monodromies to deepen understanding of string dualities.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of perturbative and non-perturbative monodromies in N=2 heterotic string models and compares them with Yang-Mills monodromies, revealing new insights into string dualities.

Findings

Identification of monodromy structures in heterotic strings

Comparison with Yang-Mills monodromies

Insights into non-perturbative effects in string theory

Abstract

In this talk we summarise our recent results on perturbative and non-perturbative monodromies in four-dimensional heterotic strings with $N=2$ space-time supersymmetry, and we compare our results with the rigid $SU(2)$ $N=2$ Yang-Mills monodromies.