Abstract
Abstract
We compute the flux-induced F-term potential in 4d F-theory compactifications at large complex structure. In this regime, each complex structure field splits as an axionic field plus its saxionic partner, and the classical F-term potential takes the form V = ZABρAρB up to exponentially-suppressed terms, with ρ depending on the fluxes and axions and Z on the saxions. We provide explicit, general expressions for Z and ρ, and from there analyse the set of flux vacua for an arbitrary number of fields. We identify two families of vacua with all complex structure fields fixed and a flux contribution to the tad- pole Nflux which is bounded. In the first and most generic one, the saxion vevs are bounded from above by a power of Nflux. In the second their vevs may be unbounded and Nflux is a product of two arbitrary integers, unlike what is claimed by the Tadpole Conjecture. We specialise to type IIB orientifolds, where both families of vacua are present, and link our analysis with previous results in the literature. We illustrate our findings with several examples.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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