Lectures on Nongeometric Flux Compactifications
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
These notes present a pedagogical review of nongeometric flux compactifications. We begin by reviewing well-known geometric flux compactifications in Type II string theory, and argue that one must include nongeometric "fluxes" in order to have a superpotential which is invariant under T-duality. Additionally, we discuss some elementary aspects of the worldsheet description of nongeometric backgrounds. This review is based on lectures given at the 2007 RTN Winter School at CERN.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.3984,
title = {Lectures on Nongeometric Flux Compactifications},
author = {Brian Wecht},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3984},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
31 pages, JHEP3