Enlarging the parameter space of heterotic M-theory flux compactifications to phenomenological viability

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.06.032zbMATH Open1151.81369arXivhep-th/0308202OpenAlexW2093529915MaRDI QIDQ874153FDOQ874153

Authors: Gottfried Curio, Axel Krause 

Publication date: 5 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Heterotic M-Theory is a promising candidate for that corner of M-theory which makes contact with the real world. However, while the theory requires one of its expansion parameters, $epsilon$, to be perturbatively small, a successful phenomenology requires $epsilon=calO(1)$. We show that the constraint to have small $epsilon$ is actually unnecessary: instead of the original flux compactification background valid to linear order in $epsilon$ one has to use its appropriate non-linear extension, the exact background solution. The exact background is determined by supersymmetry and consequently one expects the tree-level cosmological constant to vanish which we demonstrate in detail, thereby verifying once more the consistency of this background. Furthermore we show that the exact background represents precisely the 11d origin of the 5d domain wall solution which is an exact solution of the effective 5d heterotic M-theory. We also comment on singularities and the issue of chirality changing transitions in the exact background. The exact background is then applied to determine Newton's Constant for vacua with an M5 brane on the basis of a recent stabilization mechanism for the orbifold length. For vacua without M5 brane we obtain a correction to the lower bound on Newton's Constant which brings it in perfect agreement with the measured value.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0308202

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zbMATH Keywords

heterotic M-theoryflux background solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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