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Threshold Corrections in Heterotic String Theory from Conformal Perturbation Theory
Dilan Nur Demirtaş, Christoph A. Keller, Manki Kim
We use conformal perturbation theory to compute one-loop threshold corrections to the Kähler potential of the heterotic string. For this we consider the theory compactified at the…
On string loops in Calabi-Yau orientifolds in large volume
Manki Kim
We explain and illustrate how to compute string-loop amplitudes in Calabi-Yau orientifold compactification in the large volume limit with the help of the patch-by-patch description…
On one-loop corrected dilaton action in string theory
Manki Kim
This manuscript concerns string one-loop corrections to the Kahler potential in 4d N=1 vacua of string theories, and it largely consists of two parts. In the first part, we compute…
Computational Mirror Symmetry
Mehmet Demirtas, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +2
We present an efficient algorithm for computing the prepotential in compactifications of type II string theory on mirror pairs of Calabi-Yau threefolds in toric varieties. Applying…
On string one-loop correction to the Einstein-Hilbert term and its implications on the Kahler potential
Manki Kim
To compute the string one-loop correction to the Kahler potential of moduli fields of string compactifications in Einstein-frame, one must compute: the string one-loop correction t…
D-instanton, threshold corrections, and topological string
Manki Kim
In this note, we prove that the one-loop pfaffian of the non-perturbative superpotential generated by Euclidean D-branes in type II compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau…
On the intermediate Jacobian of M5-branes
Patrick Jefferson, Manki Kim
We study Euclidean M5-branes wrapping vertical divisors in elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfold compactifications of M/F-theory that admit a Sen limit. We construct these Calabi-Yau fourfo…
On D3-brane Superpotential
Manki Kim
We study the D3-brane moduli dependence of the non-perturbative superpotential generated by the D7-brane gaugino condensation in a type IIB compactification on an orientifold of th…
D-instanton Induced Superpotential
Sergei Alexandrov, Atakan Hilmi Fırat, Manki Kim +2
We use string field theory to fix the normalization of the D-instanton corrections to the superpotential involving the moduli fields of type II string theory compactified on an ori…
Superpotentials from Singular Divisors
Naomi Gendler, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +2
We study Euclidean D3-branes wrapping divisors in Calabi-Yau orientifold compactifications of type IIB string theory. Witten's counting of fermion zero modes in terms of the co…
D(-1)-Instanton Superpotential In String Theory
Manki Kim
We study the non-perturbative superpotential generated by D(-1)-branes in type IIB compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces. To compute the D-instant…
A Note on of Divisors of CY Fourfolds I
Manki Kim
In this note, we prove combinatorial formulas for of prime toric divisors in an arbitrary toric hypersurface Calabi-Yau fourfold We show that it is possible to fin…
A Cosmological Constant That is Too Small
Mehmet Demirtas, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +2
We construct a vacuum of string theory in which the magnitude of the vacuum energy is in Planck units. Regrettably, the sign of the vacuum energy is negative, and som…
Small Cosmological Constants in String Theory
Mehmet Demirtas, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +2
We construct supersymmetric vacua of type IIB string theory in compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces. We first find explicit orie…
Entanglement entropy and edge modes in topological string theory II: The dual gauge theory story
Yikun Jiang, Manki Kim, Gabriel Wong
This is the second in a two-part paper devoted to studying entanglement entropy and edge modes in the A model topological string theory. This theory enjoys a gauge-string (Gopakuma…
Entanglement entropy and edge modes in topological string theory: I
William Donnelly, Yikun Jiang, Manki Kim +1
Progress in identifying the bulk microstate interpretation of the Ryu-Takayanagi formula requires understanding how to define entanglement entropy in the bulk closed string theory.…
Conifold Vacua with Small Flux Superpotential
Mehmet Demirtas, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +1
We introduce a method for finding flux vacua of type IIB string theory in which the flux superpotential is exponentially small and at the same time one or more complex structure mo…
Vacua with Small Flux Superpotential
Mehmet Demirtas, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +1
We describe a method for finding flux vacua of type IIB string theory in which the Gukov-Vafa-Witten superpotential is exponentially small. We present an example with $W_0 \approx…
de Sitter Vacua from Ten Dimensions
Shamit Kachru, Manki Kim, Liam McAllister +1
We analyze the de Sitter construction of \cite{KKLT} using ten-dimensional supergravity, finding exact agreement with the four-dimensional effective theory. Starting from the fermi…
Monodromy Charge in D7-brane Inflation
Manki Kim, Liam McAllister
In axion monodromy inflation, traversing axion periods corresponds to discharging units of a quantized charge. In certain models with moving D7-branes, such as Higgs-otic i…