Weakly-coupled IIA flux compactifications

Eran Palti, Gianmassimo Tasinato, John Ward

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Abstract

We study compactifications of type IIA string theory on Calabi-Yau manifolds that are mirror to a subset of the type IIB LARGE-volume models. A combination of flux, α′ corrections and non-perturbative effects stabilises the moduli in a non-supersymmetric AdS vacuum. This vacuum has the feature that the (ten-dimensional) string coupling is exponentially small which can naturally lead to a TeV supersymmetry breaking scale with an intermediate string scale. The AdS vacuum can be uplifted to a dS one through the introduction of D6 branes, and complex-structure modular inflation can be realised.

Original languageEnglish
Article number084
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2008
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DS vacua in string theory
  • Flux compactifications
  • String duality
  • Superstring vacua

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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