We present a pedagogical overview of flux compactifications in string theory, from the basic
ideas to the most recent developments. We concentrate on closed-string fluxes in type-II …

This review article provides a pedagogical introduction into various classes of chiral string
compactifications to four dimensions with D-branes and fluxes. The main concern is to …

We present an explicit calculation of the spectrum of a general class of string models,
corresponding to Calabi-Yau flux compactifications with h 1, 2> h 1, 1> 1 with leading …

The real world as we know it happens at energies well below the Planck scale, so it is very
well described by effective field theory. There is a continuous infinity of consistent effective …

A broad overview of the current status of proton stability in unified models of particle
interactions is given which includes non-supersymmetric unification, SUSY and SUGRA …

▪ Abstract We provide a pedagogical introduction to a recently studied class of
phenomenologically interesting string models known as Intersecting D-Brane Models. The …

We demonstrate that flux compactifications of type IIA string theory can classically stabilize
all geometric moduli. For a particular orientifold background, we explicitly construct an …

We determine the N= 1 low energy effective action for compactifications of type IIB string
theory on compact Calabi–Yau orientifolds in the presence of background fluxes from a …

Using a 10D lift of nonperturbative volume stabilization in type IIB string theory, we study the
limitations for obtaining de Sitter vacua. Based on this we find that the simplest Kachru …

We examine the structure of soft supersymmetry breaking terms in KKLT models of flux
compactification with low energy supersymmetry. Moduli are stabilized by fluxes and …