Four-dimensional string compactifications with D-branes, orientifolds and fluxes
2006/10/31 by Ralph Blumenhagen, Boris Körs, Boris Kors +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Action (physics) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Construct (python library) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Effective action #Orientifold #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String phenomenology #String theory #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2007.04.003
published as Phys.Rept.445:1-193,2007 · 331 pages, 7 figures, review prepared for Physics Reports, please send constructive comments to: [email protected], v2: refs added, v3: final version to appear in Phys. Rept
arxiv created 2007/04/19 · openalex publication_date 2007/04/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/08
Abstract
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 provide all necessary technical tools to explicitly construct four-dimensional orientifold vacua, with the final aim to come as close as possible to the supersymmetric Standard Model. Furthermore, we outline the available methods to derive the resulting four-dimensional effective action. Finally, we summarize recent attempts to address the string vacuum problem via the statistical approach to D-brane models.
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