English

Stabilization of moduli by fluxes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

In order to lift the continuous moduli space of string vacua, non-trivial fluxes may be the essential input. In this talk I summarize aspects of two approaches to compactifications in the presence of fluxes: (i) generalized Scherk-Schwarz reductions and gauged supergravity and (ii) the description of flux-deformed geometries in terms of G-structures and intrinsic torsion.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503129,
  title  = {Stabilization of moduli by fluxes},
  author = {Klaus Behrndt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503129},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

22 pages, added refs., to appear in proceedings of: ``Strings and Cosmology'', (Texas A&M University, March 2004) and the RTN workshop: ``The quantum structure of space-time and ...'' (Kolymbari, Crete, September 2004)