New Supersymmetric String Compactifications
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We describe a new class of supersymmetric string compactifications to 4d Minkowski space. These solutions involve type II strings propagating on (orientifolds of) non Calabi-Yau spaces in the presence of background NS and RR fluxes. The simplest examples have descriptions as cosets, generalizing the three-dimensional nilmanifold. They can also be thought of as twisted tori. We derive a formula for the (super)potential governing the light fields, which is generated by the fluxes and certain ``twists'' in the geometry. Detailed consideration of an example also gives strong evidence that in some cases, these exotic geometries are related by smooth transitions to standard Calabi-Yau or G2 compactifications of M-theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0211182,
title = {New Supersymmetric String Compactifications},
author = {Shamit Kachru and Michael B. Schulz and Prasanta K. Tripathy and Sandip P. Trivedi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0211182},
year = {2009}
}
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43 pages, harvmac big