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Non-perturbative vacua for M-theory on G2 manifolds

We study moduli stabilization in the context of M-theory on compact manifolds with G2 holonomy, using superpotentials from flux and membrane instantons, and recent results for the Khaeler potential of such models. The existence of minima with negative cosmological constant, stabilizing all moduli, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Carlos, Beatriz, Lukas, Andre, Morris, Stephen
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2004/12/018
http://cds.cern.ch/record/795046
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Sumario:We study moduli stabilization in the context of M-theory on compact manifolds with G2 holonomy, using superpotentials from flux and membrane instantons, and recent results for the Khaeler potential of such models. The existence of minima with negative cosmological constant, stabilizing all moduli, is established. While most of these minima preserve supersymmetry, we also find examples with broken supersymmetry. Supersymmetric vacua with vanishing cosmological constant can also be obtained after a suitable tuning of parameters.