Flux compactifications in string theory: A Comprehensive review

Grana, Mariana

doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2005.10.008

Flux compactifications in string theory: A Comprehensive review

Mariana Grana
(
- Ecole Normale Superieure and
- Ecole Polytechnique, CPHT
)

Sep, 2005

85 pages

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Phys.Rept. 423 (2006) 91-158

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hep-th/0509003 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/j.physrep.2005.10.008

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LPTENS-05-26,
CPHT-RR-049-0805

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Abstract:

We present a pedagogical overview of flux compactifications in string theory, from the basic ideas to the most recent developments. We concentrate on closed string fluxes in type II theories. We start by reviewing the supersymmetric flux configurations with maximally symmetric four-dimensional spaces. We then discuss the no-go theorems (and their evasion) for compactifications with fluxes. We analyze the resulting four-dimensional effective theories, as well as some of its perturbative and non-perturbative corrections, focusing on moduli stabilization. Finally, we briefly review statistical studies of flux backgrounds.

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string model
string: closed
compactification: flux
supersymmetry
vacuum state
effective action
supergravity

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