Heterotic M theory in five-dimensions
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Lukas, Andre
Ovrut, Burt A
Stelle, KS
Waldram, Daniel
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We derive the five-dimensional effective action of strongly coupled heterotic string theory for the complete (1,1) sector of the theory by performing a reduction, on a Calabi-Yau three-fold, of M-theory on S1/Z2. A crucial ingredient for a consistent truncation is a non-zero-mode of the antisymmetric tensor field strength which arises due to magnetic sources on the orbifold planes. The correct effective theory is a gauged version of five-dimensional N = 1 supergravity coupled to Abelian vector multiplets, the universal hypermultiplet and four-dimensional boundary theories with gauge and gauge matter fields, The gauging is such that the dual of the four-form field strength in the universal multiplet is charged under a particular linear combination of the Abelian vector fields. In addition, the theory has potential terms for the moduli in the bulk as well as on the boundary. Because of these potential terms, the supersymmetric ground state of the theory is a multi-charged BPS three-brane domain wall, which we construct in general. We show that the five-dimensional theory together with this solution provides the correct starting point for particle phenomenology as well as early universe cosmology. As an application, we compute the four-dimensional N = 1 supergravity theory for the complete (1, 1) sector to leading non-trivial order by a reduction on the domain wall background. We find a correction to the matter field Kähler potential and threshold corrections to the gauge kinetic functions.
Date Issued
1999-08-17
Date Acceptance
1999-03-18
Citation
Nuclear Physics B, 1999, B552, pp.246-290
ISSN
0550-3213
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
246
End Page
290
Journal / Book Title
Nuclear Physics B
Volume
B552
Copyright Statement
© 1999 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321399001960?via%3Dihub
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
MAXWELL-EINSTEIN SUPERGRAVITY
STRING THEORY
11-DIMENSIONAL SUPERGRAVITY
N=2 SUPERGRAVITY
JORDAN ALGEBRAS
FIELD-THEORIES
DOMAIN-WALLS
D-BRANES
COUPLINGS
MODULI
hep-th
hep-th
0105 Mathematical Physics
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0206 Quantum Physics
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Notes
47 pages, Latex 2e with amsmath, typos removed, some factors corrected Report-no: UPR-804T, PUPT-1793, CERN-TH/98-178, Imperial/TP/97-98/52 archiveprefix: arXiv primaryclass: hep-th reportnumber: UPR-804T, PUPT-1793, CERN-TH-98-178, IMPERIAL-TP-97-98-52 slaccitation: %%CITATION = HEP-TH/9806051;%%
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
1999-08-17