Friday, March 15, 2013

1303.3317 (Thomas W. Grimm et al.)

On α' corrections in N=1 F-theory compactifications    [PDF]

Thomas W. Grimm, Raffaele Savelli, Matthias Weissenbacher
We consider N=1 F-theory and Type IIB orientifold compactifications and derive new \alpha' corrections to the four-dimensional effective action. They originate from higher derivative corrections to eleven-dimensional supergravity and survive the M-theory to F-theory limit. We find a correction to the Kahler potential depending on the volume of a non-trivial intersection curve of seven-branes. At weak string coupling this correction arises from the intersection of D7-branes with the O7-plane. We also analyze a four-dimensional higher curvature correction.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.3317

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