Scale-separated AdS$$_3\times $$S$$^1$$ vacua from IIA orientifolds
Fotis Farakos, Matteo Morittu
Abstract
Abstract We study supersymmetric AdS $$_3$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> flux vacua of massive type-IIA supergravity on anisotropic G2 orientifolds. Depending on the value of the $$F_4$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> flux the seven-dimensional compact space can either have six small and one large dimension such that the “external” space is scale-separated and effectively four-dimensional, or all seven compact dimensions small and parametrically scale-separated from the three external ones. Within this setup we also discuss the Distance Conjecture (including appropriate D4-branes), and highlight that such vacua provide a non-trivial example of the so-called strong Spin-2 Conjecture.