Distributions of flux vacua

Abstract

We give results for the distribution and number of flux vacua of various types, supersymmetric and nonsupersymmetric, in IIb string theory compactified on Calabi-Yau manifolds. We compare this with related problems such as counting attractor points.

43 pages, 7 figures. v2: improved discussion of finding vacua with discrete flux, references added

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