Flux compactification
2006/10/31 by Michael R. Douglas, Shamit Kachru · 8 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Compactification (mathematics) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Flux (metallurgy) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.79.733
published as Rev.Mod.Phys.79:733-796,2007 · 66 pages, 3 figures, Latex with revtex4 macros. v3: version to appear in RMP
arxiv created 2007/01/12 · openalex publication_date 2007/05/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
Recent work is reviewed in which compactifications of string and M theory are constructed in which all scalar fields (moduli) are massive, and supersymmetry is broken with a small positive cosmological constant, features needed to reproduce real world physics. In this work it is explained that there is a ``landscape'' of string/M theory vacua, perhaps containing many candidates for describing real world physics, and arguments are presented for and against this idea. Statistical surveys of the landscape are discussed, as well as the prospects for testable consequences of this picture, such as observable effects of moduli, constraints on early cosmology, and predictions for the scale of supersymmetry breaking.
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