Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A bstract Recent work on flux compactifications suggests that the tadpole constraint generically allows only a limited number of complex structure moduli to become massive, i.e., be stabilized at quadratic order in the spacetime superpotential. We study the effects of higher-order terms systematically around the Fermat point in the 1 9 Landau-Ginzburg model. This model lives at strong coupling and features no Kähler moduli. We show that indeed massless fields can be stabilized in this fashion. We observe that, depending on the flux, this mechanism is more effective when the number of initially massless fields is large. These findings are compatible with both the tadpole conjecture and the massless Minkowski conjecture. Along the way, we complete the classification of integral flux vectors with small tadpole contribution. Thereby we are closing in on a future complete understanding of all possible flux configurations in the 1 9 Landau-Ginzburg model.
Source: Journal of High Energy Physics
Authors: Katrin Becker, Muthusamy Rajaguru, Anindya Sengupta, Johannes Walcher, Timm Wrase
Institutions: Texas A&M University, Lehigh University, Heidelberg University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funders: National Science Foundation, Lehigh University, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Division of Mathematical Sciences, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Awards: G1750626284, G3024613670, G3398237449, Strings, Gravity and Strongly Coupled Matter, G4689434848, Higher Spin Theories, Kaluza-Klein Superspace and Higher Derivatives, Additional Funding for Mathematical Sciences : International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, G6526081583, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, EXC 2181: STRUKTUREN: Emergenz in Natur, Mathematik und komplexen Daten
OpenAlex ID: W4401475318