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Complete classiffication of Minkowski vacua in generalised flux models. (English) Zbl 1270.81161

Summary: We present a complete and systematic analysis of the Minkowski extrema of the \( \mathcal{N} = 1 \), \(D = 4\) Supergravity potential obtained from type II orientifold models that are T-duality invariant, in the presence of generalised fluxes. Based on our previous work on algebras spanned by fluxes, and the so-called no-go theorems on the existence of Minkowski and/or de Sitter vacua, we perform a partly analytic, partly numerical analysis of the promising cases previously hinted. We find that the models contain Minkowski extrema with one tachyonic direction. Moreover, those models defined by the Supergravity algebra \( \mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{o}{\left( {3,1} \right)^2} \) also contain Minkowski/de Sitter minima that are totally stable. All Minkowski solutions, stable or not, interpolate between points in parameter space where one or several of the moduli go to either zero or infinity, the so-called singular points. We finally present our results in the language of type IIA flux models, in order to show explicitly the contribution of the different sources of potential energy to the extrema found. In particular, the cases of totally stable Minkowski/de Sitter vacua require of the presence of non-geometric fluxes.

MSC:

81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory
81T60 Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics
53C26 Hyper-Kähler and quaternionic Kähler geometry, “special” geometry
83E50 Supergravity
81T20 Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds
14D21 Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory)
22E70 Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations

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