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Type I Strings with F- and B-Flux

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present non-supersymmetric toroidal compactifications of type I string theory with both constant background NSNS two-form flux and non-trivial magnetic flux on the various D9-branes. The non-vanishing B-flux admits four-dimensional models with three generations of chiral fermions in standard model like gauge groups. Additionally, we consider the orbifold T^4/Z_2, again with both kinds of background flux present, leading to non-supersymmetric as well as supersymmetric models in six dimensions. All models have T-dual descriptions as intersecting brane worlds.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0012156,
  title  = {Type I Strings with F- and B-Flux},
  author = {Ralph Blumenhagen and Boris Kors and Dieter Lust},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0012156},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures