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@article{Aldazabal:2000:DBranesSingularitiesBottomUp,
title = {D-{{Branes}} at {{Singularities}} : {{A Bottom}}-{{Up Approach}} to the {{String Embedding}} of the {{Standard Model}}},
shorttitle = {D-{{Branes}} at {{Singularities}}},
author = {Aldazabal, G. and Ibanez, L. E. and Quevedo, F. and Uranga, A. M.},
date = {2000-08-01},
journaltitle = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
shortjournal = {J. High Energy Phys.},
volume = {2000},
pages = {002--002},
issn = {1029-8479},
doi = {10.1088/1126-6708/2000/08/002},
abstract = {We propose a bottom-up approach to the building of particle physics models from string theory. Our building blocks are Type II D-branes which we combine appropriately to reproduce desirable features of a particle theory model: 1) Chirality ; 2) Standard Model group ; 3) N=1 or N=0 supersymmetry ; 4) Three quark-lepton generations. We start such a program by studying configurations of D=10, Type IIB D3-branes located at singularities. We study in detail the case of Z\_N, N=1,0 orbifold singularities leading to the SM group or some left-right symmetricextension. In general, tadpole cancellation conditions require the presence of additional branes, e.g. D7-branes. For the N=1 supersymmetric case the unique twist leading to three quark-lepton generations is Z\_3, predicting \$\textbackslash sin\^2\textbackslash theta\_W=3/14=0.21\$. The models obtained are the simplest semirealistic string models ever built. In the non-supersymmetric case there is a three-generation model for each Z\_N, N{$>$}4, but the Weinberg angle is in general too small. One can obtain a large class of D=4 compact models by considering the above structure embedded into a Calabi Yau compactification. We explicitly construct examples of such compact models using Z\_3 toroidal orbifolds and orientifolds, and discuss their properties. In these examples, global cancellation of RR charge may be achieved by adding anti-branes stuck at the fixed points, leading to models with hidden sector gravity-induced supersymmetry breaking. More general frameworks, like F-theory compactifications, allow completely \$\textbackslash NN=1\$ supersymmetric embeddings of our local structures, as we show in an explicit example.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0005067},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/aldazabal_et_al_2000_d-branes_at_singularities.pdf;/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/storage/BTI6TASA/0005067.html},
number = {08}
}
@article{Anderson:2018:TASILecturesGeometric,
title = {{{TASI Lectures}} on {{Geometric Tools}} for {{String Compactifications}}},
author = {Anderson, Lara B. and Karkheiran, Mohsen},
date = {2018-04},
abstract = {In this work we provide a self-contained and modern introduction to some of the tools, obstacles and open questions arising in string compactifications. Techniques and current progress are illustrated in the context of smooth heterotic string compactifications to 4-dimensions. Progress is described on bounding and enumerating possible string backgrounds and their properties. We provide an overview of constructions, partial classifications, and moduli problems associated to Calabi-Yau manifolds and holomorphic bundles over them.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1804.08792},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/anderson_karkheiran_2018_tasi_lectures_on_geometric_tools_for_string_compactifications.pdf}
}
@article{Angelantonj:2002:OpenStrings,
title = {Open {{Strings}}},
author = {Angelantonj, Carlo and Sagnotti, Augusto},
date = {2002-04},
doi = {10.1016/s0370-1573(02)00273-9},
abstract = {This review is devoted to open strings, and in particular to the often surprising features of their spectra. It follows and summarizes developments that took place mainly at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” over the last decade, and centred on world-sheet aspects of the constructions now commonly referred to as “orientifolds”. Our presentation aims to bridge the gap between the world-sheet analysis, that first exhibited many of the novel features of these systems, and their geometric description in terms of extended objects, D-branes and O-planes, contributed by many other colleagues, and most notably by J. Polchinski. We therefore proceed through a number of prototype examples, starting from the bosonic string and moving on to ten-dimensional fermionic strings and their toroidal and orbifold compactifications, in an attempt to guide the reader in a self-contained journey to the more recent developments related to the breaking of supersymmetry.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0204089},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/angelantonj_sagnotti_2002_open_strings.pdf}
}
@article{Blumenhagen:2007:FourdimensionalStringCompactifications,
title = {Four-Dimensional String Compactifications with {{D}}-Branes, Orientifolds and Fluxes},
author = {Blumenhagen, Ralph and Körs, Boris and Lüst, Dieter and Stieberger, Stephan},
date = {2007-07},
journaltitle = {Physics Reports},
volume = {445},
pages = {1--193},
issn = {03701573},
doi = {10.1016/j.physrep.2007.04.003},
abstract = {This review article provides a pedagogical introduction into various classes of chiral string compactifications to four dimensions with D-branes and fluxes. The main concern is to provide all necessary technical tools to explicitly construct four-dimensional orientifold vacua, with the final aim to come as close as possible to the supersymmetric Standard Model. Furthermore, we outline the available methods to derive the resulting four-dimensional effective action. Finally, we summarize recent attempts to address the string vacuum problem via the statistical approach to D-brane models.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0610327},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/blumenhagen_et_al_2007_four-dimensional_string_compactifications_with_d-branes,_orientifolds_and_fluxes.pdf},
number = {1-6}
}
@book{Blumenhagen:2009:IntroductionConformalField,
title = {Introduction to {{Conformal Field Theory}}},
author = {Blumenhagen, Ralph and Plauschinn, Erik},
date = {2009},
volume = {779},
publisher = {{Springer Berlin Heidelberg}},
location = {{Berlin, Heidelberg}},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-00450-6},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/blumenhagen_plauschinn_2009_introduction_to_conformal_field_theory.pdf},
isbn = {978-3-642-00449-0 978-3-642-00450-6},
langid = {english},
series = {Lecture {{Notes}} in {{Physics}}}
}
@book{Blumenhagen:2013:BasicConceptsString,
title = {Basic {{Concepts}} of {{String Theory}}},
author = {Blumenhagen, Ralph and Lüst, Dieter and Theisen, Stefan},
date = {2013},
publisher = {{Springer Berlin Heidelberg}},
location = {{Berlin, Heidelberg}},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-29497-6},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/blumenhagen_et_al_2013_basic_concepts_of_string_theory.pdf},
isbn = {978-3-642-29496-9 978-3-642-29497-6},
langid = {english},
series = {Theoretical and {{Mathematical Physics}}}
}
@article{Bousso:2000:QuantizationFourformFluxes,
title = {Quantization of {{Four}}-Form {{Fluxes}} and {{Dynamical Neutralization}} of the {{Cosmological Constant}}},
author = {Bousso, Raphael and Polchinski, Joseph},
date = {2000-06-04},
journaltitle = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
shortjournal = {J. High Energy Phys.},
volume = {2000},
pages = {006--006},
issn = {1029-8479},
doi = {10.1088/1126-6708/2000/06/006},
abstract = {A four-form gauge flux makes a variable contribution to the cosmological constant. This has often been assumed to take continuous values, but we argue that it has a generalized Dirac quantization condition. For a single flux the steps are much larger than the observational limit, but we show that with multiple fluxes the allowed values can form a sufficiently dense `discretuum'. Multiple fluxes generally arise in M theory compactifications on manifolds with non-trivial three-cycles. In theories with large extra dimensions a few four-forms suffice; otherwise of order 100 are needed. Starting from generic initial conditions, the repeated nucleation of membranes dynamically generates regions with a cosmological constant in the observational range. Entropy and density perturbations can be produced.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0004134},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/bousso_polchinski_2000_quantization_of_four-form_fluxes_and_dynamical_neutralization_of_the.pdf;/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/storage/2LKAEYI3/0004134.html},
number = {06}
}
@article{Brown:1988:NeutralizationCosmologicalConstant,
title = {Neutralization of the Cosmological Constant by Membrane Creation},
author = {Brown, J.David and Teitelboim, Claudio},
date = {1988-02},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
shortjournal = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {297},
pages = {787--836},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/0550-3213(88)90559-7},
annotation = {http://web.archive.org/web/20200904101758/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0550321388905597},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/brown_teitelboim_1988_neutralization_of_the_cosmological_constant_by_membrane_creation.pdf},
keywords = {archived},
langid = {english},
number = {4}
}
@inproceedings{Calabi:1957:KahlerManifoldsVanishing,
title = {On {{Kähler}} Manifolds with Vanishing Canonical Class},
booktitle = {Algebraic Geometry and Topology. {{A}} Symposium in Honor of {{S}}. {{Lefschetz}}},
author = {Calabi, Eugenio},
date = {1957},
volume = {12},
pages = {78--89},
doi = {10.1515/9781400879915-006}
}
@article{Candelas:1985:VacuumConfigurationsSuperstrings,
title = {Vacuum Configurations for Superstrings},
author = {Candelas, Philip and Horowitz, Gary T. and Strominger, Andrew and Witten, Edward},
date = {1985-01},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
shortjournal = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {258},
pages = {46--74},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/0550-3213(85)90602-9},
abstract = {We study candidate vacuum configurations in ten-dimensional O(32) and E8 × E8 supergravity and superstring theory that have unbroken N = 1 supersymmetry in four dimensions. This condition permits only a few possibilities, all of which have vanishing cosmological constant. In the E8 × E8 case, one of these possibilities leads to a model that in four dimensions has an E6 gauge group with four standard generations of fermions.},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/candelas_et_al_1985_vacuum_configurations_for_superstrings.pdf},
keywords = {archived},
langid = {english}
}
@article{Cleaver:2007:SearchMinimalSupersymmetric,
title = {In {{Search}} of the ({{Minimal Supersymmetric}}) {{Standard Model String}}},
author = {Cleaver, Gerald B.},
date = {2007-03},
abstract = {This paper summarizes several developments in string-derived (Minimal Supersymmetric) Standard Models. Part one reviews the first string model containing solely the three generations of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and a single pair of Higgs as the matter in the observable sector of the low energy effective field theory. This model was constructed by Cleaver, Faraggi, and Nanopoulos in the Z\_2 x Z\_2 free fermionic formulation of weak coupled heterotic strings. Part two examines a representative collection of string/brane-derived MSSMs that followed. These additional models were obtained from various construction methods, including weak coupled Z\_6 heterotic orbifolds, strong coupled heterotic on elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau's, Type IIB orientifolds with magnetic charged branes, and Type IIA orientifolds with intersecting branes (duals of the Type IIB). Phenomenology of the models is compared. To appear in String Theory Research Progress, Ferenc N. Balogh, editor., (ISBN 978-1-60456-075-6), Nova Science Publishers, Inc.\vphantom\{\}},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-ph/0703027},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/cleaver_2007_in_search_of_the_(minimal_supersymmetric)_standard_model_string.pdf}
}
@book{DiFrancesco:1997:ConformalFieldTheory,
title = {Conformal {{Field Theory}}},
author = {Di Francesco, Philippe and Mathieu, Pierre and Sénéchal, David},
date = {1997},
publisher = {{Springer New York}},
location = {{New York}},
doi = {10.1007/978-1-4612-2256-9},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/di_francesco_et_al_1997_conformal_field_theory.pdf},
isbn = {978-1-4612-7475-9 978-1-4612-2256-9},
langid = {english},
series = {Graduate {{Texts}} in {{Contemporary Physics}}}
}
@article{DiVecchia:1997:ClassicalPbranesBoundary,
title = {Classical P-Branes from Boundary State},
author = {Di Vecchia, Paolo and Frau, Marialuisa and Pesando, Igor and Sciuto, Stefano and Lerda, Alberto and Russo, Rodolfo},
date = {1997-07},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {507},
pages = {259--276},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/s0550-3213(97)00576-2},
abstract = {We show that the boundary state description of a Dp-brane is strictly related to the corresponding classical solution of the low-energy string effective action. By projecting the boundary state on the massless states of the closed string we obtain the tension, the R-R charge and the large distance behavior of the classical solution. We discuss both the case of a single D-brane and that of bound states of two D-branes. We also show that in the R-R sector the boundary state, written in a picture which treats asymmetrically the left and right components, directly yields the R-R gauge potentials.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9707068},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/di_vecchia_et_al_1997_classical_p-branes_from_boundary_state.pdf},
number = {1-2}
}
@inproceedings{DiVecchia:1999:DbranesStringTheory,
title = {D-Branes in String Theory {{II}}},
booktitle = {{{YITP}} Workshop on Developments in Superstring and {{M}} Theory},
author = {Di Vecchia, P. and Liccardo, Antonella},
date = {1999-12},
pages = {7--48},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9912275},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/di_vecchia_liccardo_1999_d-branes_in_string_theory.pdf}
}
@article{DiVecchia:2000:BranesStringTheory,
title = {D Branes in String Theory {{I}}},
author = {Di Vecchia, Paolo and Liccardo, Antonella},
editor = {Thorlacius, Lárus and Jonsson, Thordur},
date = {2000},
journaltitle = {NATO Sci. Ser. C},
volume = {556},
pages = {1--60},
doi = {10.1007/978-94-011-4303-5_1},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9912161},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/di_vecchia_liccardo_2000_d_branes_in_string_theory,_i.pdf},
number = {NORDITA-1999-77-HE}
}
@article{DiVecchia:2006:BoundaryStateMagnetized,
title = {Boundary {{State}} for {{Magnetized D9 Branes}} and {{One}}-{{Loop Calculation}}},
author = {Di Vecchia, Paolo and Liccardo, Antonella and Marotta, Raffaele and Pezzella, Franco and Pesando, Igor},
date = {2006-01},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0601067},
abstract = {We construct the boundary state describing magnetized D9 branes in R\^\{3,1\} x T\^6 and we use it to compute the annulus and Moebius amplitudes. We derive from them, by using open/closed string duality, the number of Landau levels on the torus T\^d.},
annotation = {ZSCC: 0000007},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/di_vecchia_et_al_2006_boundary_state_for_magnetized_d9_branes_and_one-loop_calculation.pdf}
}
@article{Finotello:2019:ClassicalSolutionBosonic,
ids = {Finotello:2019:ClassicalSolutionBosonica},
title = {The {{Classical Solution}} for the {{Bosonic String}} in the {{Presence}} of {{Three D}}-Branes {{Rotated}} by {{Arbitrary SO}}(4) {{Elements}}},
author = {Finotello, Riccardo and Pesando, Igor},
date = {2019-04},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
shortjournal = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {941},
pages = {158--194},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.02.010},
abstract = {We consider the classical instantonic contribution to the open string configuration associated with three D-branes with relative rotation matrices in SO(4) which corresponds to the computation of the classical part of the correlator of three non Abelian twist fields. We write the classical solution as a sum of a product of two hypergeometric functions. Differently from all the previous cases with three D-branes, the solution is not holomorphic and suggests that the classical bosonic string knows when the configuration may be supersymmetric. We show how this configuration reduces to the standard Abelian twist field computation. From the phenomenological point of view, the Yukawa couplings between chiral matter at the intersection in this configuration are more suppressed with respect to the factorized case in the literature.},
annotation = {ZSCC: 0000000},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1812.04643},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/finotello_pesando_2019_the_classical_solution_for_the_bosonic_string_in_the_presence_of_three_d-branes.pdf;/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/finotello_pesando_2019_the_classical_solution_for_the_bosonic_string_in_the_presence_of_three_d-branes2.pdf}
}
@article{Friedan:1986:ConformalInvarianceSupersymmetry,
title = {Conformal Invariance, Supersymmetry and String Theory},
author = {Friedan, Daniel and Martinec, Emil and Shenker, Stephen},
date = {1986-01},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {271},
pages = {93--165},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/s0550-3213(86)80006-2},
abstract = {Covariant quantization of string theories is developed in the context of conformal field theory and the BRST quantization procedure. The BRST method is used to covariantly quantize superstrings, and in particular to construct the vertex operators for string emission as well as the supersymmetry charge. The calculation of string loop diagrams is sketched. We discuss how conformal methods can be used to study string compactification and dynamics. © 1986, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland Physics Publishing Division). All rights reserved. All rights reserved.},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/friedan_et_al_1986_conformal_invariance,_supersymmetry_and_string_theory.pdf},
number = {3-4}
}
@article{Ginsparg:1988:AppliedConformalField,
title = {Applied {{Conformal Field Theory}}},
author = {Ginsparg, Paul},
date = {1988-11},
abstract = {These lectures consisted of an elementary introduction to conformal field theory, with some applications to statistical mechanical systems, and fewer to string theory. Contents: 1. Conformal theories in d dimensions 2. Conformal theories in 2 dimensions 3. The central charge and the Virasoro algebra 4. Kac determinant and unitarity 5. Identication of m = 3 with the critical Ising model 6. Free bosons and fermions 7. Free fermions on a torus 8. Free bosons on a torus 9. Affine Kac-Moody algebras and coset constructions 10. Advanced applications},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9108028},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/ginsparg_1988_applied_conformal_field_theory.pdf}
}
@article{Goddard:1973:QuantumDynamicsMassless,
title = {Quantum Dynamics of a Massless Relativistic String},
author = {Goddard, P. and Goldstone, J. and Rebbi, C. and Thorn, C.B.},
date = {1973-05},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
shortjournal = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {56},
pages = {109--135},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/0550-3213(73)90223-X},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/goddard_et_al_1973_quantum_dynamics_of_a_massless_relativistic_string.pdf},
keywords = {archived},
langid = {english},
number = {1}
}
@article{Grana:2005:FluxCompactificationsString,
title = {Flux Compactifications in String Theory: A Comprehensive Review},
author = {Graña, Mariana},
date = {2005-09},
journaltitle = {Physics Reports},
volume = {423},
pages = {91--158},
issn = {03701573},
doi = {10.1016/j.physrep.2005.10.008},
abstract = {We present a pedagogical overview of flux compactifications in string theory, from the basic ideas to the most recent developments. We concentrate on closed string fluxes in type II theories. We start by reviewing the supersymmetric flux configurations with maximally symmetric four-dimensional spaces. We then discuss the no-go theorems (and their evasion) for compactifications with fluxes. We analyze the resulting four-dimensional effective theories, as well as some of its perturbative and non-perturbative corrections, focusing on moduli stabilization. Finally, we briefly review statistical studies of flux backgrounds.},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/graña_2005_flux_compactifications_in_string_theory.pdf},
number = {3}
}
@book{Grana:2017:StringTheoryCompactifications,
title = {String {{Theory Compactifications}}},
author = {Graña, Mariana and Triendl, Hagen},
date = {2017},
publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}},
location = {{Cham}},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-54316-1},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/graña_triendl_2017_string_theory_compactifications.pdf},
isbn = {978-3-319-54315-4 978-3-319-54316-1},
langid = {english},
series = {{{SpringerBriefs}} in {{Physics}}}
}
@book{Green:1988:SuperstringTheoryIntroduction,
title = {Superstring {{Theory}}. {{Introduction}}.},
author = {Green, Michael B. and Schwarz, John H. and Witten, Edward},
date = {1988},
volume = {1},
doi = {10.1017/CBO9781139248563},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/green_et_al_1988_superstring_theory.pdf},
isbn = {978-0-521-35752-4},
series = {Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics}
}
@book{Green:1988:SuperstringTheoryLoop,
title = {Superstring {{Theory}}. {{Loop Amplitudes}}, {{Anomalies}} and {{Phenomenology}}.},
author = {Green, Michael B. and Schwarz, John H. and Witten, Edward},
date = {1988},
volume = {2},
doi = {10.1017/CBO9781139248570},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/green_et_al_1988_superstring_theory2.pdf},
isbn = {978-0-521-35753-1},
series = {Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics}
}
@article{Greene:1997:StringTheoryCalabiYau,
title = {String {{Theory}} on {{Calabi}}-{{Yau Manifolds}}},
author = {Greene, Brian},
date = {1997-02},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9702155},
urldate = {2020-09-03},
abstract = {These lectures are devoted to introducing some of the basic features of quantum geometry that have been emerging from compactified string theory over the last couple of years. The developments discussed include new geometric features of string theory which occur even at the classical level as well as those which require non-perturbative effects. These lecture notes are based on an evolving set of lectures presented at a number of schools but most closely follow a series of seven lectures given at the TASI-96 summer school on Strings, Fields and Duality.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9702155},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/greene_1997_string_theory_on_calabi-yau_manifolds.pdf;/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/storage/R7F26ND6/9702155.html}
}
@article{He:2020:CalabiyauSpacesString,
title = {Calabi-Yau Spaces in the String Landscape},
author = {He, Yang-Hui},
date = {2020-06},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {2006.16623},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/he_2020_calabi-yau_spaces_in_the_string_landscape.pdf},
keywords = {⛔ No DOI found}
}
@article{Honecker:2012:FieldTheoryStandard,
title = {Towards the Field Theory of the {{Standard Model}} on Fractional {{D6}}-Branes on {{T6}}/{{Z6}}: {{Yukawa}} Couplings and Masses},
author = {Honecker, Gabriele and Vanhoof, Joris},
date = {2012-01},
journaltitle = {Fortschritte der Physik},
volume = {60},
pages = {1050--1056},
issn = {00158208},
doi = {10.1002/prop.201200016},
abstract = {We present the perturbative Yukawa couplings of the Standard Model on fractional intersecting D6-branes on T6/Z6' and discuss two mechanisms of creating mass terms for the vector-like particles in the matter spectrum, through perturbative three-point couplings and through continuous D6-brane displacements.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1201.5872},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/honecker_vanhoof_2012_towards_the_field_theory_of_the_standard_model_on_fractional_d6-branes_on_t6-6.pdf},
number = {9-10}
}
@book{Hubsch:1992:CalabiyauManifoldsBestiary,
title = {Calabi-Yau Manifolds: {{A}} Bestiary for Physicists},
author = {Hubsch, Tristan},
date = {1992},
publisher = {{World Scientific}},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/hubsch_1992_calabi-yau_manifolds.pdf},
isbn = {978-981-02-1927-7}
}
@article{Johnson:2000:DBranePrimer,
title = {D-{{Brane Primer}}},
author = {Johnson, Clifford V.},
date = {2000-07},
journaltitle = {Strings, Branes and Gravity},
pages = {129--350},
doi = {10.1142/9789812799630_0002},
abstract = {Following is a collection of lecture notes on D-branes, which may be used by the reader as preparation for applications to modern research applications such as: the AdS/CFT and other gauge theory/geometry correspondences, Matrix Theory and stringy non-commutative geometry, etc. In attempting to be reasonably self-contained, the notes start from classical point-particles and develop the subject logically (but selectively) through classical strings, quantisation, D-branes, supergravity, superstrings, string duality, including many detailed applications. Selected focus topics feature D-branes as probes of both spacetime and gauge geometry, highlighting the role of world-volume curvature and gauge couplings, with some non-Abelian cases. Other advanced topics which are discussed are the (presently) novel tools of research such as fractional branes, the enhancon mechanism, D(ielectric)-branes and the emergence of the fuzzy/non-commutative sphere.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0007170},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/johnson_2000_d-brane_primer.pdf}
}
@book{Joyce:2000:CompactManifoldsSpecial,
title = {Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy},
author = {Joyce, Dominic},
date = {2000},
publisher = {{Oxford University Press on Demand}},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/joyce_2000_compact_manifolds_with_special_holonomy.pdf},
isbn = {978-0-19-850601-0}
}
@article{Joyce:2002:LecturesCalabiYauSpecial,
title = {Lectures on {{Calabi}}-{{Yau}} and Special {{Lagrangian}} Geometry},
author = {Joyce, Dominic},
date = {2002-06},
abstract = {This paper gives a leisurely introduction to Calabi-Yau manifolds and special Lagrangian submanifolds from the differential geometric point of view, followed by a survey of recent results on singularities of special Lagrangian submanifolds, and their application to the SYZ Conjecture. It is aimed at graduate students in Geometry, String Theorists, and others wishing to learn the subject, and is designed to be fairly self-contained. It is based on lecture courses given at Nordfjordeid, Norway and MSRI, Berkeley in June and July 2001. We introduce Calabi-Yau m-folds via holonomy groups, Kahler geometry and the Calabi Conjecture, and special Lagrangian m-folds via calibrated geometry. `Almost Calabi-Yau m-folds' (a generalization of Calabi-Yau m-folds useful in special Lagrangian geometry) are explained and the deformation theory and moduli spaces of compact special Lagrangian submanifolds in (almost) Calabi-Yau m-folds is described. In the final part we consider isolated singularities of special Lagrangian m-folds, focussing mainly on singularities locally modelled on cones, and the expected behaviour of singularities of compact special Lagrangian m-folds in generic (almost) Calabi-Yau m-folds. String Theory, Mirror Symmetry and the SYZ Conjecture are briefly discussed, and some results of the author on singularities of special Lagrangian fibrations of Calabi-Yau 3-folds are described.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {math/0108088},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/joyce_2002_lectures_on_calabi-yau_and_special_lagrangian_geometry2.pdf},
keywords = {⛔ No DOI found}
}
@article{Kachru:2003:SitterVacuaString,
title = {De {{Sitter Vacua}} in {{String Theory}}},
author = {Kachru, Shamit and Kallosh, Renata and Linde, Andrei and Trivedi, Sandip P.},
date = {2003-08-07},
journaltitle = {Physical Review D},
shortjournal = {Phys. Rev. D},
volume = {68},
pages = {046005},
issn = {0556-2821, 1089-4918},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.68.046005},
abstract = {We outline the construction of metastable de Sitter vacua of type IIB string theory. Our starting point is highly warped IIB compactifications with nontrivial NS and RR three-form fluxes. By incorporating known corrections to the superpotential from Euclidean D-brane instantons or gaugino condensation, one can make models with all moduli fixed, yielding a supersymmetric AdS vacuum. Inclusion of a small number of anti-D3 branes in the resulting warped geometry allows one to uplift the AdS minimum and make it a metastable de Sitter ground state. The lifetime of our metastable de Sitter vacua is much greater than the cosmological timescale of 10\^10 years. We also prove, under certain conditions, that the lifetime of dS space in string theory will always be shorter than the recurrence time.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0301240},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/kachru_et_al_2003_de_sitter_vacua_in_string_theory.pdf;/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/storage/AABMA8ED/0301240.html},
number = {4}
}
@article{Krippendorf:2010:CambridgeLecturesSupersymmetry,
title = {Cambridge {{Lectures}} on {{Supersymmetry}} and {{Extra Dimensions}}},
author = {Krippendorf, Sven and Quevedo, Fernando and Schlotterer, Oliver},
date = {2010-11-05},
abstract = {These lectures on supersymmetry and extra dimensions are aimed at finishing undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students with a background in quantum field theory and group theory. Basic knowledge in general relativity might be advantageous for the discussion of extra dimensions. This course was taught as a 24+1 lecture course in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos in recent years. The first six chapters give an introduction to supersymmetry in four spacetime dimensions, they fill about two thirds of the lecture notes and are in principle self-contained. The remaining two chapters are devoted to extra spacetime dimensions which are in the end combined with the concept of supersymmetry. Videos from the course lectured in 2006 can be found online at http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/659537 .},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {1011.1491},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/krippendorf_et_al_2010_cambridge_lectures_on_supersymmetry_and_extra_dimensions.pdf},
langid = {english}
}
@article{Lust:2009:LHCStringHunter,
title = {The {{LHC String Hunter}}'s {{Companion}}},
author = {Lust, Dieter and Stieberger, Stephan and Taylor, Tomasz R.},
date = {2009-02},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
shortjournal = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {808},
pages = {1--52},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.09.012},
abstract = {The mass scale of fundamental strings can be as low as few TeV/c\^2 provided that spacetime extends into large extra dimensions. We discuss the phenomenological aspects of weakly coupled low mass string theory related to experimental searches for physics beyond the Standard Model at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We consider the extensions of the Standard Model based on open strings ending on D-branes, with gauge bosons due to strings attached to stacks of D-branes and chiral matter due to strings stretching between intersecting D-branes. We focus on the model-independent, universal features of low mass string theory. We compute, collect and tabulate the full-fledged string amplitudes describing all 2-{$>$}2 parton scattering subprocesses at the leading order of string perturbation theory. We cast our results in a form suitable for the implementation of stringy partonic cross sections in the LHC data analysis. The amplitudes involving four gluons as well as those with two gluons plus two quarks do not depend on the compactification details and are completely model-independent. They exhibit resonant behavior at the parton center of mass energies equal to the masses of Regge resonances. The existence of these resonances is the primary signal of string physics and should be easy to detect. On the other hand, the four-fermion processes like quark-antiquark scattering include also the exchanges of heavy Kaluza-Klein and winding states, whose details depend on the form of internal geometry. They could be used as ``precision tests'' in order to distinguish between various compactification scenarios.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {0807.3333},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/lust_et_al_2009_the_lhc_string_hunter's_companion.pdf},
number = {1-2}
}
@article{Paton:1969:GeneralizedVenezianoModel,
title = {Generalized {{Veneziano}} Model with Isospin},
author = {Paton, J.E. and {Chan Hong-Mo}},
date = {1969-05},
journaltitle = {Nuclear Physics B},
shortjournal = {Nuclear Physics B},
volume = {10},
pages = {516--520},
issn = {05503213},
doi = {10.1016/0550-3213(69)90038-8},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/paton_chan_hong-mo_1969_generalized_veneziano_model_with_isospin.pdf},
keywords = {archived},
langid = {english},
number = {3}
}
@article{Polchinski:1995:DirichletBranesRamondRamond,
title = {Dirichlet Branes and {{Ramond}}-{{Ramond}} Charges},
author = {Polchinski, Joseph},
date = {1995-12},
journaltitle = {Physical Review Letters},
volume = {75},
pages = {4724--4727},
issn = {00319007},
doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.75.4724},
abstract = {We show that Dirichlet-branes, extended objects defined by mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions in string theory, break half of the supersymmetries of the typeII superstring and carry a complete set of electric and magnetic Ramond-Ramond charges. We also find that the product of the electric and magnetic charges is a single Dirac unit, and that the quantum of charge takes the value required by string duality. This is strong evidence that the Dirchlet-branes are intrinsic to type II string theory and are the Ramond-Ramond sources required by string duality. We also note the existence of a previously overlooked 9-form potential in the IIa string, which gives rise to an effective cosmological constant of undetermined magnitude.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9510017},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/polchinski_1995_dirichlet_branes_and_ramond-ramond_charges.pdf},
number = {26}
}
@article{Polchinski:1996:TASILecturesDBranes,
title = {{{TASI Lectures}} on {{D}}-{{Branes}}},
author = {Polchinski, Joseph},
date = {1996-11},
journaltitle = {New Frontiers in Fields and Strings},
pages = {75--136},
abstract = {This is an introduction to the properties of D-branes, topological defects in string theory on which string endpoints can live. D-branes provide a simple description of various nonperturbative objects required by string duality, and give new insight into the quantum mechanics of black holes and the nature of spacetime at the shortest distances. The first two thirds of these lectures closely follow the earlier ITP lectures hep-th/9602052, written with S. Chaudhuri and C. Johnson. The final third includes more extensive applications to string duality.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/9611050},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/polchinski_1996_tasi_lectures_on_d-branes.pdf}
}
@book{Polchinski:1998:StringTheoryIntroduction,
title = {String {{Theory}}. {{An}} Introduction to the Bosonic String.},
author = {Polchinski, Joseph},
date = {1998},
volume = {1},
publisher = {{Cambridge University Press}},
doi = {10.1017/CBO9780511816079},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/polchinski_1998_string_theory.pdf},
isbn = {978-0-521-67227-6 978-0-521-63303-1 978-0-511-81607-9},
keywords = {archived}
}
@book{Polchinski:1998:StringTheorySuperstring,
title = {String {{Theory}}. {{Superstring}} Theory and Beyond.},
author = {Polchinski, Joseph},
date = {1998},
volume = {2},
publisher = {{Cambridge University Press}},
doi = {10.1017/CBO9780511618123},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/polchinski_1998_string_theory2.pdf},
isbn = {978-0-521-63304-8 978-0-521-67228-3 978-0-511-61812-3},
keywords = {archived}
}
@article{Polyakov:1981:QuantumGeometryBosonic,
title = {Quantum Geometry of Bosonic Strings},
author = {Polyakov, Alexander M.},
date = {1981-07},
journaltitle = {Physics Letters B},
shortjournal = {Physics Letters B},
volume = {103},
pages = {207--210},
issn = {03702693},
doi = {10.1016/0370-2693(81)90743-7},
keywords = {archived},
langid = {english},
number = {3}
}
@article{Susskind:2003:AnthropicLandscapeString,
title = {The {{Anthropic Landscape}} of {{String Theory}}},
author = {Susskind, Leonard},
date = {2003-02},
abstract = {In this lecture I make some educated guesses, about the landscape of string theory vacua. Based on the recent work of a number of authors, it seems plausible that the lanscape is unimaginably large and diverse. Whether we like it or not, this is the kind of behavior that gives credence to the Anthropic Principle. I discuss the theoretical and conceptual issues that arise in developing a cosmology based on the diversity of environments implicit in string theory.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0302219},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/susskind_2003_the_anthropic_landscape_of_string_theory.pdf}
}
@article{Taylor:2003:LecturesDbranesTachyon,
title = {Lectures on {{D}}-Branes, Tachyon Condensation, and String Field Theory},
author = {Taylor, Washington},
date = {2003-01-15},
abstract = {These lectures provide an introduction to the subject of tachyon condensation in the open bosonic string. The problem of tachyon condensation is first described in the context of the low-energy Yang-Mills description of a system of multiple D-branes, and then using the language of string field theory. An introduction is given to Witten's cubic open bosonic string field theory. The Sen conjectures on tachyon condensation in open bosonic string field theory are introduced, and evidence confirming these conjectures is reviewed.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0301094},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/taylor_2003_lectures_on_d-branes,_tachyon_condensation,_and_string_field_theory.pdf}
}
@article{Taylor:2004:DBranesTachyonsString,
title = {D-{{Branes}}, {{Tachyons}}, and {{String Field Theory}}},
author = {Taylor, Washington and Zwiebach, Barton},
date = {2004-03},
journaltitle = {Strings, Branes and Extra Dimensions},
pages = {641--760},
doi = {10.1142/9789812702821_0012},
abstract = {In these notes we provide a pedagogical introduction to the subject of tachyon condensation in Witten's cubic bosonic open string field theory. We use both the low-energy Yang-Mills description and the language of string field theory to explain the problem of tachyon condensation on unstable D-branes. We give a self-contained introduction to open string field theory using both conformal field theory and overlap integrals. Our main subjects are the Sen conjectures on tachyon condensation in open string field theory and the evidence that supports these conjectures. We conclude with a discussion of vacuum string field theory and projectors of the star-algebra of open string fields. We comment on the possible role of string field theory in the construction of a nonperturbative formulation of string theory that captures all possible string backgrounds.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {hep-th/0311017},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/taylor_zwiebach_2004_d-branes,_tachyons,_and_string_field_theory.pdf}
}
@article{tHooft:2009:DimensionalReductionQuantum,
title = {Dimensional {{Reduction}} in {{Quantum Gravity}}},
author = {'t Hooft, Gerard},
date = {2009-03-20},
abstract = {The requirement that physical phenomena associated with gravitational collapse should be duly reconciled with the postulates of quantum mechanics implies that at a Planckian scale our world is not 3+1 dimensional. Rather, the observable degrees of freedom can best be described as if they were Boolean variables defined on a two-dimensional lattice, evolving with time. This observation, deduced from not much more than unitarity, entropy and counting arguments, implies severe restrictions on possible models of quantum gravity. Using cellular automata as an example it is argued that this dimensional reduction implies more constraints than the freedom we have in constructing models. This is the main reason why so-far no completely consistent mathematical models of quantum black holes have been found. Essay dedicated to Abdus Salam.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {gr-qc/9310026},
eprinttype = {arxiv},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/hooft_2009_dimensional_reduction_in_quantum_gravity.pdf;/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/storage/XXKQV4D9/9310026.html},
options = {useprefix=true}
}
@article{Uranga:2003:ChiralFourdimensionalString,
title = {Chiral Four-Dimensional String Compactifications with Intersecting {{D}}-Branes},
author = {Uranga, Angel M},
date = {2003-06-21},
journaltitle = {Classical and Quantum Gravity},
shortjournal = {Class. Quantum Grav.},
volume = {20},
pages = {S373-S393},
issn = {0264-9381, 1361-6382},
doi = {10.1088/0264-9381/20/12/303},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/uranga_2003_chiral_four-dimensional_string_compactifications_with_intersecting_d-branes.pdf},
number = {12}
}
@article{Uranga:2005:TASILecturesString,
title = {{{TASI}} Lectures on {{String Compactification}}, {{Model Building}}, and {{Fluxes}}},
author = {Uranga, Angel M.},
date = {2005},
url = {http://cds.cern.ch/record/933469/files/cer-002601054.pdf},
abstract = {We review the construction of chiral four-dimensional compactifications of string theory with different systems of D-branes, including type IIA intersecting D6-branes and type IIB magnetised D-branes. Such models lead to four-dimensional theories with non-abelian gauge interactions and charged chiral fermions. We discuss the application of these techniques to building of models with spectrum as close as possible to the Standard Model, and review their main phenomenological properties. We finally describe how to implement the tecniques to construct these models in flux compactifications, leading to models with realistic gauge sectors, moduli stabilization and supersymmetry breaking soft terms.},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/uranga_2005_tasi_lectures_on_string_compactification,_model_building,_and_fluxes.pdf}
}
@article{Yau:1977:CalabiConjectureNew,
title = {Calabi's Conjecture and Some New Results in Algebraic Geometry},
author = {Yau, Shing-Tung},
date = {1977-05-01},
journaltitle = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
shortjournal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
volume = {74},
pages = {1798--1799},
issn = {0027-8424, 1091-6490},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.74.5.1798},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/yau_1977_calabi's_conjecture_and_some_new_results_in_algebraic_geometry2.pdf},
langid = {english},
number = {5}
}
@book{Zwiebach::FirstCourseString,
title = {A {{First Course}} in {{String Theory}}},
author = {Zwiebach, Barton},
file = {/home/riccardo/.local/share/zotero/files/zwiebach_a_first_course_in_string_theory.pdf},
isbn = {978-0-521-88032-9},
langid = {english}
}