On general flux backgrounds with localized sources

2007/10/31 by Giovanni Villadoro, Fabio Zwirner · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/082

published as JHEP 0711:082,2007 · 29 pages, 2 figures, v2: published version

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Abstract

We derive new consistency conditions for string compactifications with generic fluxes (RR, NSNS, geometrical) and localized sources (D-branes, NS-branes, KK-monopoles). The constraints are all related by string dualities and share a common origin in M-theory. We also find new sources of instabilities. We discuss the importance of these conditions for the consistency of the effective action and for the study of interpolating solutions between vacua.

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