de Sitter Minima from M theory and String theory
Abstract
We study M-theory compactification on in the presence of a seven-flux, metric fluxes and KK monopoles. The effective four-dimensional supergravity has seven chiral multiplets whose couplings are specified by the -structure of the internal manifold. We supplement the corresponding superpotential by a KKLT type non-perturbative exponential contribution for all, or for some of the seven moduli, and find a discrete set of supersymmetric Minkowski minima. We also study type IIA and type IIB string theory compactified on . In type IIA, we use a six-flux, geometric fluxes and non-perturbative exponents. In type IIB theory, we use F and H fluxes, and non-geometric Q and P fluxes, corresponding to consistently gauged supergravity with certain embedding tensor components, \emph{without non-perturbative exponents}. Also in these situations, we produce discrete Minkowski minima. Finally, to construct dS vacua starting from these Minkowski progenitors, we follow the procedure of mass production of dS vacua.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1912.02791,
title = {de Sitter Minima from M theory and String theory},
author = {Niccolò Cribiori and Renata Kallosh and Andrei Linde and Christoph Roupec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.02791},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
7 pages, 8 tables, v2: minor corrections and additions, v3: clarifications, published version