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Moduli stabilization in asymptotic flux compactifications
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 We present a novel strategy to systematically study complex-structure moduli stabilization in Type IIB and F-theory flux compactifications. In particular, we determine vacua in any asymptotic regime of the complex-structure moduli space by exploiting ...
Thomas W. Grimm +2 more
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Universal axion backreaction in flux compactifications
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 We study the backreaction effect of a large axion field excursion on the saxion partner residing in the same N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 multiplet. Such configurations are relevant in attempts to realize axion monodromy inflation in string compactifications.
Thomas W. Grimm, Chongchuo Li
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Flux compactifications and naturalness
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 Free massless scalars have a shift symmetry. This is usually broken by gauge and Yukawa interactions, such that quantum corrections induce a quadratically divergent mass term.
Wilfried Buchmuller +2 more
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Asymptotic flux compactifications and the swampland
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 We initiate the systematic study of flux scalar potentials and their vacua by using asymptotic Hodge theory. To begin with, we consider F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds with four-form flux.
Thomas W. Grimm +2 more
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đť’© = 1 SCFTs from F-theory on Orbifolds
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 We study four-dimensional superconformal field theories living on the worldvolume of D3 branes probing minimally-supersymmetric F-theory backgrounds, focusing on the case of orbi-orientifold setups with and without 7-branes.
Simone Giacomelli, Raffaele Savelli
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Compactifications of ADE conformal matter on a torus
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 In this paper we study compactifications of ADE type conformal matter, N M5 branes probing ADE singularity, on torus with flux for global symmetry. We systematically construct the four dimensional theories by first going to five dimensions and studying ...
Hee-Cheol Kim +3 more
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Conifold Transitions in M-theory on Calabi-Yau Fourfolds with Background Fluxes [PDF]
, 2012 We consider topology changing transitions for M-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds with background G-flux. The local geometry of the transition is generically a genus g curve of conifold singularities, which engineers a 3d gauge theory with
Intriligator, Kenneth +4 more
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Lobotomy of Flux Compactifications [PDF]
, 2014 We provide the dictionary between four-dimensional gauged supergravity and type II compactifications on $\mathbb{T}^6$ with metric and gauge fluxes in the absence of supersymmetry breaking sources, such as branes and orientifold planes.
Dibitetto, Giuseppe +2 more
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No-go theorems for ekpyrosis from ten-dimensional supergravity
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 In this note we investigate whether the new ekpyrotic scenario can be embedded into ten-dimensional supergravity. We use that the scalar potential obtained from flux compactifications of type II supergravity with sources has a universal scaling with ...
Kunihito Uzawa
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Nothing is certain in string compactifications
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 A bubble of nothing is a spacetime instability where a compact dimension collapses. After nucleation, it expands at the speed of light, leaving “nothing” behind.
Iñaki GarcĂa Etxebarria +3 more
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