On four-derivative terms in IIB Calabi-Yau orientifold reductions

Abstract We perform a Kaluza-Klein reduction of IIB supergravity including purely gravitational α′3-corrections on a Calabi-Yau threefold, and perform the orientifold projection accounting for the presence of O3/O7-planes. We consider infinitesimal Kähler deformations of the Calabi-Yau background an...

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Main Author: Matthias Weissenbacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)063
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Summary:Abstract We perform a Kaluza-Klein reduction of IIB supergravity including purely gravitational α′3-corrections on a Calabi-Yau threefold, and perform the orientifold projection accounting for the presence of O3/O7-planes. We consider infinitesimal Kähler deformations of the Calabi-Yau background and derive the complete set of four-derivative couplings quadratic in these fluctuations coupled to gravity. In particular, we find four-derivative couplings of the Kähler moduli fields in the four-dimensional effective supergravity theory, which are referred to as friction couplings in the context of inflation.
ISSN:1029-8479