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K\"ahler moduli stabilization in semi-realistic magnetized orbifold models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-08-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study K\"ahler moduli stabilizations in semi-realistic magnetized D-brane models based on Z2×Z2 Z_2\times Z_2' toroidal orbifolds. In type IIB compactifications, 3-form fluxes can stabilize the dilaton and complex structure moduli fields, but there remain some massless closed string moduli fields, K\"ahler moduli. The magnetic fluxes generate Fayet-Iliopoulos terms, which can fix ratios of K\"ahler moduli. On top of that, we consider D-brane instanton effects to stabilize them in concrete D-brane models and investigate the brane configurations to confirm that the moduli fields can be stabilized successfully. In this paper, we treat two types of D-brane models. One is based on D9-brane systems respecting the Pati-Salam model. The other is realized in a D7-brane system breaking the Pati-Salam gauge group. We find suitable configurations where the D-brane instantons can stabilize the moduli fields within both types of D-brane models, explaining an origin of a small constant term of the superpotential which is a key ingredient for successful moduli stabilizations.

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@article{arxiv.1703.03402,
  title  = {K\"ahler moduli stabilization in semi-realistic magnetized orbifold models},
  author = {Hiroyuki Abe and Tatsuo Kobayashi and Keigo Sumita and Shohei Uemura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.03402},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures

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