2007/09/30 by Daniel Robbins, Timm Wrase
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Lexicography and Language Studies #Natural Language Processing Techniques #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/058
published as JHEP 0712:058,2007 · 31+1 pages, uses utarticle.cls; v2: references added
arxiv created 2007/10/05 · openalex publication_date 2007/12/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Orientifolds of type II string theory admit a certain set of generalized NS-NS fluxes, including not only the three-form field strength H, but also metric and non-geometric fluxes, which are related to H by T-duality. We describe in general how these fluxes appear as parameters of an effective N=1 supergravity theory in four dimensions, and in particular how certain generalized NS-NS fluxes can act as charges for R-R axions, leading to D-term contributions to the effective scalar potential. We illustrate these phenomena in type IIB with the example of a certain orientifold of T6/Z4.