Vacuum stability in heterotic M theory

EI Buchbinder, BA Ovrut - Physical Review D, 2004 - APS
EI Buchbinder, BA Ovrut
Physical Review D, 2004APS
The problem of the stabilization of moduli is discussed within the context of compactified
strongly coupled heterotic string theory. It is shown that all geometric, vector bundle, and five-
brane moduli are completely fixed, within a phenomenologically acceptable range, by
nonperturbative physics. This result requires, in addition to the full space of moduli,
nonvanishing Neveu-Schwarz flux, gaugino condensation with threshold corrections, and
the explicit form of the Pfaffians in string instanton superpotentials. The stable vacuum …
Abstract
The problem of the stabilization of moduli is discussed within the context of compactified strongly coupled heterotic string theory. It is shown that all geometric, vector bundle, and five-brane moduli are completely fixed, within a phenomenologically acceptable range, by nonperturbative physics. This result requires, in addition to the full space of moduli, nonvanishing Neveu-Schwarz flux, gaugino condensation with threshold corrections, and the explicit form of the Pfaffians in string instanton superpotentials. The stable vacuum presented here has a negative cosmological constant. The possibility of “lifting” this to a metastable vacuum with positive cosmological constant is briefly discussed.
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