Heterotic Calabi-Yau compactifications with flux

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2013)034zbMATH Open1342.83389arXiv1305.0594MaRDI QIDQ737553FDOQ737553

Eirik Eik Svanes, Michael Klaput, André Lukas

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Compactifications of the heterotic string with NS flux normally require non Calabi-Yau internal spaces which are complex but no longer K"ahler. We point out that this conclusion rests on the assumption of a maximally symmetric four-dimensional space-time and can be avoided if this assumption is relaxed. Specifically, it is shown that an internal Calabi-Yau manifold is consistent with the presence of NS flux provided four-dimensional space-time is taken to be a domain wall. These Calabi-Yau domain wall solutions can still be associated with a covariant four-dimensional N=1 supergravity. In this four-dimensional context, the domain wall arises as the "simplest" solution to the effective supergravity due to the presence of a flux potential with a runaway direction. Our main message is that NS flux is a legitimate ingredient for moduli stabilization in heterotic Calabi-Yau models. Ultimately, the success of such models depends on the ability to stabilize the runaway direction and thereby "lift" the domain wall to a maximally supersymmetric vacuum.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0594

zbMATH Keywords

flux compactificationssuperstring vacuasuperstrings and heterotic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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