Heterotic Moduli Stabilization with Fractional Chern-Simons Invariants
arXiv:hep-th/0310159 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.086008
Abstract
We show that fractional flux from Wilson lines can stabilize the moduli of heterotic string compactifications on Calabi-Yau threefolds. We observe that the Wilson lines used in GUT symmetry breaking naturally induce a fractional flux. When combined with a hidden-sector gaugino condensate, this generates a potential for the complex structure moduli, Kahler moduli, and dilaton. This potential has a supersymmetric AdS minimum at moderately weak coupling and large volume. Notably, the necessary ingredients for this construction are often present in realistic models. We explore the type IIA dual phenomenon, which involves Wilson lines in D6-branes wrapping a three-cycle in a Calabi-Yau, and comment on the nature of the fractional instantons which change the Chern-Simons invariant.
arXiv comment43 pages. v2: references added
References in corpus (70)
- de Sitter Vacua in String Theory
- Phases of Theories In Two Dimensions
- Quantization of Four-form Fluxes and Dynamical Neutralization of the Cosmological Constant
- CFT's From Calabi-Yau Four-folds
- Compactifications of F-Theory on Calabi--Yau Threefolds -- II
- M Theory, Orientifolds and G-Flux
- Mirror Symmetry is T-Duality
- Exact Results on the Space of Vacua of Four Dimensional SUSY Gauge Theories
- Compactifications of F-Theory on Calabi--Yau Threefolds -- I
- The statistics of string/M theory vacua
- The Anthropic Landscape of String Theory
- Model Independent Properties and Cosmological Implications of the Dilaton and Moduli Sectors of 4-d Strings
- Cosmological Implications of Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking
- Exact Results for N=2 Compactifications of Heterotic Strings
- Comments on String Dynamics in Six Dimensions
- Chiral Four-Dimensional N=1 Supersymmetric Type IIA Orientifolds from Intersecting D6-Branes
- New Supersymmetric String Compactifications
- Non-Kaehler String Backgrounds and their Five Torsion Classes
- Mirror Symmetry in Generalized Calabi-Yau Compactifications
- An M-theory Flop as a Large N Duality
- Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, Mirror Manifolds and Spacetime Topology Change in String Theory
- Supersymmetry Breaking and Determination of the Unification Gauge Coupling Constant in String Theories
- Field Dependent Gauge Couplings in Locally Supersymmetric Effective Quantum Field Theories
- Solitons, Superpotentials and Calibrations
- Conformal Field Theory Couplings for Intersecting D-branes on Orientifolds
- Exact Superpotentials in Four Dimensions
- Criteria for Conformal Invariance of (0,2) Models
- Saltatory Relaxation of the Cosmological Constant
- Compactifications of Heterotic Theory on Non-Kahler Complex Manifolds: I
- INSTANTON CALCULATIONS VERSUS EXACT RESULTS IN 4 DIMENSIONAL SUSY GAUGE THEORIES.
- Chiral Fermions from Manifolds of Holonomy
- Compactifications of Heterotic Strings on Non-Kahler Complex Manifolds: II
- Residues and World-Sheet Instantons
- Heterotic Strings with Torsion
- World-Sheet Corrections Via D-Instantons
- Proton Decay in Intersecting D-brane Models
- A Large k Asymptotics of Witten's Invariant of Seifert Manifolds
- Heterotic String Theory on non-Kaehler Manifolds with H-Flux and Gaugino Condensate
- A Moduli Fixing Mechanism in M theory
- Vacuum Stability in Heterotic M-Theory
- Stabilizing the Dilaton in Superstring Cosmology
- Dilaton Stabilization in the Context of Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking through Gaugino Condensation
- Saltatory de Sitter String Vacua
- Unification Scale, Proton Decay, And Manifolds Of G_2 Holonomy
- G-Fluxes and Non-Perturbative Stabilisation of Heterotic M-Theory
- Domain Walls and Superpotentials from M Theory on Calabi-Yau Three-Folds
- Superpotentials for Vector Bundle Moduli
- The Fall of Stringy de Sitter
- Non-Perturbative Properties of Heterotic String Vacua Compactified on
- World-sheet Stability of (0,2) Linear Sigma Models
- Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking in Standard-like Models with Intersecting D6-branes
- Instabilities in heterotic M-theory induced by open membrane instantons
- Some Three Generation (0,2) Calabi-Yau Models
- Deconstruction, G_2 Holonomy, and Doublet-Triplet Splitting
- Duality and Fibrations on G_2 Manifolds
- On the Quantum Moduli Space of M Theory Compactifications
- A Note on Flux Induced Superpotentials in String Theory
- Torus-Fibered Calabi-Yau Threefolds with Non-Trivial Fundamental Group
- Anomaly Cancellation On Manifolds Of G_2 Holonomy
- String Theory on Calabi--Yau Manifolds: The Three Generations Case
- Compactification with Flux and Yukawa Hierarchies
- Comments on M Theory Dynamics on G2 Holonomy Manifolds
- On Fractional Instanton Numbers in Six Dimensional Heterotic E8 x E8 Orbifolds
- Twisting E8 Five-Branes
- Dynamical Gauge Coupling Constants
- Gaugino Condensation and the Vacuum Expectation Value of the Dilaton
- On Fractional Instanton Numbers in Six Dimensional Heterotic E_8 x E_8 Orbifolds
- Dilaton Stabilization and Supersymmetry Breaking by Dynamical Gaugino Condensation in the Linear Multiplet Formalism of String Effective Theory
- Supersymmetry Breaking Scheme and The Derivation of from A String Model
- Scaling Behavior in String Theory
Cited by in corpus (93)
- Flux Compactification
- Flux compactifications in string theory: a comprehensive review
- Chern-Simons Modified General Relativity
- Type IIA Moduli Stabilization
- New Ekpyrotic Cosmology
- What if string theory has no de Sitter vacua?
- Beauty is Attractive: Moduli Trapping at Enhanced Symmetry Points
- Loop Corrections to Volume Moduli and Inflation in String Theory
- Flux-induced SUSY-breaking soft terms
- Bottom-Up Approach to Moduli Dynamics in Heavy Gravitino Scenario : Superpotential, Soft Terms and Sparticle Mass Spectrum
- Stringy corrections to Kahler potentials, SUSY breaking, and the cosmological constant problem
- Simple de Sitter Solutions
- Extreme- and Intermediate-Mass Ratio Inspirals in Dynamical Chern-Simons Modified Gravity
- Compactifications of Heterotic Strings on Non-Kahler Complex Manifolds: II
- Enumerating Flux Vacua with Enhanced Symmetries
- Inflation in AdS/CFT
- Heterotic on Half-flat
- Explaining the Electroweak Scale and Stabilizing Moduli in M Theory
- Testing gravitational parity violation with coincident gravitational waves and short gamma-ray bursts
- Ghost conditions for Gauss-Bonnet cosmologies
- De Sitter Vacua from Heterotic M-Theory
- Moduli potentials in string compactifications with fluxes: mapping the Discretuum
- Can the string scale be related to the cosmic baryon asymmetry?
- On the Taxonomy of Flux Vacua
- Stabilizing All Geometric Moduli in Heterotic Calabi-Yau Vacua
- An M theory Solution to the Hierarchy Problem
- TASI/PiTP/ISS Lectures on Moduli and Microphysics
- A comment on effective field theories of flux vacua
- The Atiyah Class and Complex Structure Stabilization in Heterotic Calabi-Yau Compactifications
- de Sitter Vacua in Type IIB String Theory: Classical Solutions and Quantum Corrections
- Moduli Stabilisation in Heterotic String Compactifications
- Geometric Transitions, Flops and Non-Kahler Manifolds: II
- Heterotic Moduli Stabilisation
- Compactified String Theories -- Generic Predictions for Particle Physics
- In the Realm of the Geometric Transitions
- AdS Strings with Torsion: Non-complex Heterotic Compactifications
- Accelerating Universes and String Theory
- Probabilities in the landscape: The decay of nearly flat space
- Raising Anti de Sitter Vacua to de Sitter Vacua in Heterotic M-Theory
- Moduli Stabilisation and Applications in IIB String Theory
- Gauge-Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking in String Compactifications
- The effective action of the heterotic string compactified on manifolds with SU(3) structure
- Electroweak Symmetry Breaking via UV Insensitive Anomaly Mediation
- DWSB in heterotic flux compactifications
- Stabilizing moduli with thermal matter and nonperturbative effects
- Towards Realizing Dynamical SUSY Breaking in Heterotic Model Building
- Heterotic Cosmic Strings
- Moduli Stabilization in the Heterotic/IIB Discretuum
- An Inflaton Mass Problem in String Inflation from Threshold Corrections to Volume Stabilization
- Worldsheet Instantons and Torsion Curves, Part A: Direct Computation
- Cosmology with Branes Wrapping Curved Internal Manifolds
- On The Warped Heterotic Axion
- Five-Brane Dynamics and Inflation in Heterotic M-Theory
- S-Track Stabilization of Heterotic de Sitter Vacua
- Enhanced Symmetries in Multiparameter Flux Vacua
- Orbifold Physics and de Sitter Spacetime
- Towards natural inflation from weakly coupled heterotic string theory
- Stringy profiles of gauge field tadpoles near orbifold singularities: I. heterotic string calculations
- Stabilization of Compactification Volume In a Noncommutative Mini-Super-Phase-Space
- Non-perturbative vacua for M-theory on G2 manifolds
- Natural Inflation from Near Alignment in Heterotic String Theory
- Supersymmetry Breaking and Dilaton Stabilization in String Gas Cosmology
- G_2 Domain Walls in M-theory
- Flux, Gaugino Condensation and Anti-Branes in Heterotic M-theory
- Towards a Dark Sector Model from String Theory
- Instanton Moduli in String Theory
- Gravitational Waves in Chern-Simons-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity
- Supersymmetry Breaking with Zero Vacuum Energy in M-Theory Flux Compactifications
- A Cyclic Universe Approach to Fine Tuning
- APS Instability and the Topology of the Brane-World
- Gaugino Condensation and SUSY Breakdown
- Asymptotic states of the bounce geometry
- Constraining the Kahler Moduli in the Heterotic Standard Model
- Instantons, Assisted Inflation and Heterotic M-theory
- Quantum Corrections to Heterotic Moduli Potentials
- On Open Membranes, Cosmic Strings and Moduli Stabilization
- How a four-dimensional de Sitter solution remains outside the swampland
- Gauge Five Brane Dynamics And Small Instanton Transitions In Heterotic Models
- Moduli Stabilisation in Heterotic Models with Standard Embedding
- The String Landscape: On Formulas for Counting Vacua
- Tracking Dark Energy from Axion-Gauge Field Couplings
- Quintessence and Inflation from Symmetry Breaking Transition of the Internal Manifold
- Family Unification via Quasi-Nambu-Goldstone Fermions in String Theory
- D-term Inflation and Nonperturbative Kahler Potential of Dilaton
- Chern-Simons Invariants and Heterotic Superpotentials
- Observations on the Space of Four Dimensional String and theory Vacua
- On the Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy, Non-Commutative Branes and Logarithmic Corrections
- Stable and Metastable Cosmic Strings in Heterotic M-Theory
- F-term Uplift in Heterotic M-theory
- Black Holes, Space-Filling Chains and Random Walks
- Investigating the Stability of a Nonsupersymmetric Landscape
- Chiral Zeromodes on Vortex-type Intersecting Heterotic Five-branes
- DWSB for heterotic flux compactifications