Flux Superpotential in Heterotic M-theory

dc.creatorAnguelova, Lilia
dc.creatorZoubos, Konstantinos
dc.date2006-02-03
dc.date2006-07-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:45:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:45:52Z
dc.descriptionWe derive the most general flux-induced superpotential for N=1 M-theory compactifications on seven-dimensional manifolds with SU(3) structure. Imposing the appropriate boundary conditions, this result applies for heterotic M-theory. It is crucial for the latter to consider SU(3) and not G_2 group structure on the seven-dimensional internal space. For a particular background that differs from CY(3) x S^1/Z_2 only by warp factors, we investigate the flux-generated scalar potential as a function of the orbifold length. We find a positive cosmological constant minimum, however at an undesirably large value of this length. Hence the flux superpotential alone is not enough to stabilize the orbifold length at a de Sitter vacuum. But it does modify substantially the interplay between the previously studied non-perturbative effects, possibly reducing the significance of open membrane instantons while underlining the importance of gaugino condensation.
dc.description33 pages; minor clarifications, reference added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0602039
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0602039
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D74:026005,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.026005
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/183046
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleFlux Superpotential in Heterotic M-theory
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