Sampling String Vacua Using Generative Models
High Energy Physics - Theory
2026-01-13 v2
Abstract
We apply generative models to a key problem in the string compactification program, namely construction of type IIB string vacua. To this end, we make use of a Bayesian Flow Network, a generative model capable of handling discrete data, to generate flux vectors that give rise to type IIB vacua. Furthermore, we sample flux vacua that have certain desirable properties by employing a Transformer as a conditional generative model. Both models demonstrate good performance in finding flux vacua and thus prove to be powerful tools in the exploration of the string landscape.
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@article{arxiv.2509.16029,
title = {Sampling String Vacua Using Generative Models},
author = {Moritz Walden and Magdalena Larfors},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.16029},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
25 pages, 13 figures