Quantum Corrections in String Compactifications on SU(3) Structure Geometries

Mariana Graña (1) , Jan Louis (2, 3) , Ulrich Theis (4) , Daniel Waldram (5)

1 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681
2 Fachbereich für Physik
3 Zentrum für Mathematische Physik
4 LUH - Leibniz Universität Hannover [Hannover]
5 Imperial College London

We investigate quantum corrections to the classical four-dimensional low-energy effective action of type II string theory compactified on SU(3) structure geometries. Various methods previously developed for Calabi-Yau compactifications are adopted to determine - under some simple assumptions about the low-energy degrees of freedom - the leading perturbative corrections to the moduli space metrics in both alpha' and the string coupling constant. We find - in complete analogy to the Calabi-Yau case - that the corrections take a universal form dependent only on the Euler characteristic of the six-dimensional compact space.

Domains: Physics [physics]; High Energy Physics - Theory [hep-th]

Mariana Graña, Jan Louis, Ulrich Theis, Daniel Waldram. Quantum Corrections in String Compactifications on SU(3) Structure Geometries. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014, 2015, pp.57. ⟨10.1007/JHEP01(2015)057⟩. ⟨cea-01295466⟩