Vacuum varieties, holomorphic bundles and complex structure stabilization in heterotic theories
Journal of High Energy Physics 2013:7 (2013)
Authors:
LB Anderson, J Gray, A Lukas, B OvrutAbstract:
We discuss the use of gauge fields to stabilize complex structure moduli in Calabi-Yau three-fold compactifications of heterotic string and M-theory. The requirement that the gauge fields in such models preserve supersymmetry leads to a complicated landscape of vacua in complex structure moduli space. We develop methods to systematically map out this multi-branched vacuum space, in a computable and explicit manner. In analysing the resulting vacua, it is found that the associated Calabi-Yau three-folds are sometimes stabilized at a value of complex structure resulting in a singular compactification manifold. We describe how it is possible to resolve these singularities, in some cases, while maintaining computational control over the moduli stabilization mechanism. The discussion is illustrated throughout the paper with explicit worked examples. 漏 2013 SISSA, Trieste, Italy.A New Era in Gamma-Ray Astronomy with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 43 (2013) 1-2
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radiation in LARGE volume models
PHYSICAL REVIEW D 87:4 (2013) ARTN 043520
Authors:
Michele Cicoli, Joseph P Conlon, Fernando QuevedoIntroducing the CTA concept
ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 43 (2013) 3-18