In the context of supergravity, the Romans mass is a scalar flux which has been shown to have peculiar properties as avoiding uplifting to M-theory; moreover, in several models it has been used in order to fix moduli. We show that the singularity in SuperGravity due to the O6 plane, that for a vanishing Romas mass is resolved in M-theory, is canceled by the presence of the Romans mass. The result has been obtained using the Generalized Complex Geometry formalism in SuperGravity. The same phenomenon is shown from the gauge theory point of view: the metric near the O6 in the massless case is the moduli space of the Seiberg-Witten model reduced to 3 dimensions. The deformation induced by the Romans mass is introduced by a Chern-Simons term in the Lagrangian.

(2013). Patching up II A singularities. (Tesi di dottorato, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2013).

Patching up II A singularities

SARACCO, FABIO
2013

Abstract

In the context of supergravity, the Romans mass is a scalar flux which has been shown to have peculiar properties as avoiding uplifting to M-theory; moreover, in several models it has been used in order to fix moduli. We show that the singularity in SuperGravity due to the O6 plane, that for a vanishing Romas mass is resolved in M-theory, is canceled by the presence of the Romans mass. The result has been obtained using the Generalized Complex Geometry formalism in SuperGravity. The same phenomenon is shown from the gauge theory point of view: the metric near the O6 in the massless case is the moduli space of the Seiberg-Witten model reduced to 3 dimensions. The deformation induced by the Romans mass is introduced by a Chern-Simons term in the Lagrangian.
TOMASIELLO, ALESSANDRO
Romans, mass, Supergravity, Generalized Complex Geometry, Seiberg-Witten, Chern-Simons, gauge theory, flux compactification, vacua configuration, string theory
FIS/02 - FISICA TEORICA, MODELLI E METODI MATEMATICI
English
9-gen-2013
FISICA E ASTRONOMIA - 30R
25
2011/2012
open
(2013). Patching up II A singularities. (Tesi di dottorato, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2013).
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