4 papers
Symmetries and M-theory-like Vacua in Four Dimensions
Shi Chen, Damian van de Heisteeg, Cumrun Vafa
Non-geometric flux vacua have recently been revisited, leading to the remarkable discovery of isolated 4D supersymmetric Minkowski vacua. These constructions rely…
Exact Flux Vacua, Symmetries, and the Structure of the Landscape
Thomas W. Grimm, Damian van de Heisteeg
Identifying flux vacua in string theory with stabilized complex structure moduli presents a significant challenge, necessitating the minimization of a scalar potential complicated…
Charting the Complex Structure Landscape of F-theory
Damian van de Heisteeg
We explore the landscape of F-theory compactifications on Calabi--Yau fourfolds whose complex structure moduli space is the thrice-punctured sphere. As a first part, we enumerate a…
Species Scale in Diverse Dimensions
Damian van de Heisteeg, Cumrun Vafa, Max Wiesner +1
In a quantum theory of gravity, the species scale can be defined as the scale at which corrections to the Einstein action become important or alternatively as codifying the "…