Physics of String Flux Compactifications

Frederik Denef; Michael R. Douglas; Shamit Kachru

doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.57.090506.123042

Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Volume 57, 2007

Review Article

Physics of String Flux Compactifications

Frederik Denef¹, Michael R. Douglas², and Shamit Kachru³
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Affiliations: ¹Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leuven, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium; email: [email protected] ²Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855; email: [email protected] ³Department of Physics and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305; email: [email protected]
Vol. 57:119-144 (Volume publication date November 2007) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.nucl.57.090506.123042
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Abstract

We provide a qualitative review of flux compactifications of string theory, focusing on broad physical implications and statistical methods of analysis.

Keyword(s): moduli stabilization, string phenomenology, string vacua

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