Gaugino Condensates and Fluxes in N = 1 Effective Superpotentials ∗
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چکیده
In the framework of orbifold compactifications of heterotic and type II orientifolds, we study effective N = 1 supergravity potentials arising from fluxes and gaugino condensates. These string solutions display a broad phenomenology which we analyze using the method of N = 4 supergravity gaugings. We give examples in type II and heterotic compactifications of combined fluxes and condensates leading to vacua with naturally small supersymmetry breaking scale controlled by the condensate, cases where the supersymmetry breaking scale is specified by the fluxes even in the presence of a condensate and also examples where fluxes and condensates conspire to preserve supersymmetry. ∗ Research partially supported by the EU under the contracts MEXT-CT-2003-509661, MRTNCT-2004-005104 and MRTN-CT-2004-503369. † Unité mixte du CNRS et de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 8549. ⋄ Unité mixte du CNRS et de l’Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7644.
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