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    TH String Theory Seminar

    Flux attractors and generating functions

    by Finn Larsen (University of Michigan)

    → Europe/Zurich
    TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

    TH Theory Conference Room

    CERN
    Description
    Moduli stabilization in string theory compactifications can be described by linear attractor equations. These attractor equations determine the values of stabilized moduli, and also the masses of those moduli and the gravitino. Surprisingly, they can be recast in terms of a gradient flow, generated by a scalar potential related to the on-shell gravitino mass. Explicit examples with many variables are solved by the formalism. It also suggests a thermodynamic interpretation of the landscape. In the presence of many fluxes it appears that SUSY is readilly broken, and de Sitter flux vacua ensue.