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On general flux backgrounds with localized sources

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-05-20 v2

Abstract

We derive new consistency conditions for string compactifications with generic fluxes (RR, NSNS, geometrical) and localized sources (D-branes, NS-branes, KK-monopoles). The constraints are all related by string dualities and share a common origin in M-theory. We also find new sources of instabilities. We discuss the importance of these conditions for the consistency of the effective action and for the study of interpolating solutions between vacua.

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@article{arxiv.0710.2551,
  title  = {On general flux backgrounds with localized sources},
  author = {Giovanni Villadoro and Fabio Zwirner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.2551},
  year   = {2009}
}

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29 pages, 2 figures, v2: published version

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