Small flux superpotential in F-theory compactifications
Yoshinori Honma, Hajime Otsuka
Abstract
We investigate whether a class of models describing F-theory compactifications admits a specific type of flux vacua with an exponentially small vacuum expectation value of the superpotential, by generalizing a method recently developed in type IIB flux compactifications. First we clarify that a restricted choice of ${G}_{4}$-flux components reduces a general flux superpotential into a simple form, which promotes the existence of supersymmetric vacua with one flat direction at the perturbative level. Then we utilize the techniques of mirror symmetry to determine one-instanton corrections to the potential and investigate in detail the vacuum solutions of a particular model.
Topics & Concepts
SuperpotentialFlux (metallurgy)Theoretical physicsPhysicsMathematical physicsSupersymmetryChemistryOrganic chemistryBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions