M theory compactified on Calabi-Yau fourfolds with background flux

Haack, Michael; Louis, Jan

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00464-6

M theory compactified on Calabi-Yau fourfolds with background flux

Mar, 2001

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Phys.Lett.B 507 (2001) 296-304

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hep-th/0103068 [hep-th]

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10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00464-6

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Abstract:

We perform the Kaluza-Klein reduction of M-theory on warped Calabi-Yau fourfolds with non-trivial four-form flux turned on. The resulting scalar- and superpotential is computed and compared with the superpotential obtained by Gukov, Vafa and Witten using different methods.

Note:

11 pages, changed referencing and added clarifying remark in footnote 7

M-theory
space: Calabi-Yau
compactification
supergravity
dimension: 11
Kaluza-Klein model

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