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Superpotentials from flux compactifications of M-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v1

Abstract

In flux compactifications of M-theory a superpotential is generated whose explicit form depends on the structure group of the 7-dimensional internal manifold. In this note, we discuss superpotentials for the structure groups: G_2, SU(3) or SU(2). For the G_2 case all internal fluxes have to vanish. For SU(3) structures, the non-zero flux components entering the superpotential describe an effective 1-dimensional model and a Chern-Simons model if there are SU(2) structures.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0401019,
  title  = {Superpotentials from flux compactifications of M-theory},
  author = {Klaus Behrndt and Claus Jeschek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0401019},
  year   = {2010}
}

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10 pages