2006/12/30 by Michael Dine, Alexander Morisse, Assaf Shomer +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/070
published as JHEP0807:070,2008 · 18 pages, LATEX, no figures. several refs added to earlier literature on Scherk Schwarz in string theory, discussion of smooth CY made more precise
arxiv created 2006/12/30 · openalex publication_date 2008/07/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Scherk-Schwarz compactification in string theory can be defined as orbifolding by an R symmetry, a symmetry that acts differently on bosons and fermions. Such a symmetry can arise in many situations, including toroidal and orbifold compactifications, as well as smooth Calabi-Yau spaces. If the symmetry acts freely then for large radius there are no tachyons in the spectrum. We focus mainly on stabilization by fluxes, and give examples with all moduli stabilized where the coupling is small and the internal manifold is large. Such models appear to be perturbatively stable with supersymmetry broken at the Kaluza-Klein scale. These are interesting laboratories for a variety of theoretical questions and provide models of a non-supersymmetric landscape.