Flux compactifications in string theory: A comprehensive review
Abstract
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 theories. We start by reviewing the supersymmetric flux configurations with maximally symmetric four-dimensional spaces. We then discuss the no-go theorems (and their evasion) for compactifications with fluxes. We analyze the resulting four-dimensional effective theories, as well as some of its perturbative and non-perturbative corrections, focusing on moduli stabilization. Finally, we briefly review statistical studies of flux backgrounds.
- Publication:
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Physics Reports
- Pub Date:
- January 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physrep.2005.10.008
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/0509003
- Bibcode:
- 2006PhR...423...91G
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 85 pages, 2 figures. v2, v3: minor changes, references added