Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape

Abstract We present deep observations in targeted regions of the string landscape through a combination of analytic and dedicated numerical methods. Specifically, we devise an algorithm designed for the systematic construction of Type IIB flux vacua in finite regions of moduli space. Our algorithm i...

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Main Authors: A. Chauhan, M. Cicoli, S. Krippendorf, A. Maharana, P. Piantadosi, A. Schachner
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)271
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author A. Chauhan
M. Cicoli
S. Krippendorf
A. Maharana
P. Piantadosi
A. Schachner
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description Abstract We present deep observations in targeted regions of the string landscape through a combination of analytic and dedicated numerical methods. Specifically, we devise an algorithm designed for the systematic construction of Type IIB flux vacua in finite regions of moduli space. Our algorithm is universally applicable across Calabi-Yau orientifold compactifications and can be used to enumerate flux vacua in a region given sufficient computational efforts. As a concrete example, we apply our methods to a two-modulus Calabi-Yau threefold, demonstrating that systematic enumeration is feasible and revealing intricate structures in vacuum distributions. Our results highlight local deviations from statistical expectations, providing insights into vacuum densities, superpotential distributions, and moduli mass hierarchies. This approach opens pathways for precise, data-driven mappings of the string landscape, complementing analytic studies and advancing the understanding of the distribution of flux vacua. This allows us to obtain different types of solutions with hierarchical suppressions, e.g. vacua with small values of the Gukov-Vafa-Witten superpotential |W 0|. We find an example with |W 0| = 5.547 × 10 −5 at large complex structure, without light directions and the use of non-perturbative effects.
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spelling doaj-art-b45d8ca0f1c94a23a65ecaf08b74deb22025-08-20T03:42:45ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-07-012025713510.1007/JHEP07(2025)271Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscapeA. Chauhan0M. Cicoli1S. Krippendorf2A. Maharana3P. Piantadosi4A. Schachner5Harish-Chandra Research Institute, A CI of Homi Bhabha National InstituteDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di BolognaCavendish Laboratory and DAMTP, University of CambridgeHarish-Chandra Research Institute, A CI of Homi Bhabha National InstituteDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di BolognaASC for Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilian-UniversityAbstract We present deep observations in targeted regions of the string landscape through a combination of analytic and dedicated numerical methods. Specifically, we devise an algorithm designed for the systematic construction of Type IIB flux vacua in finite regions of moduli space. Our algorithm is universally applicable across Calabi-Yau orientifold compactifications and can be used to enumerate flux vacua in a region given sufficient computational efforts. As a concrete example, we apply our methods to a two-modulus Calabi-Yau threefold, demonstrating that systematic enumeration is feasible and revealing intricate structures in vacuum distributions. Our results highlight local deviations from statistical expectations, providing insights into vacuum densities, superpotential distributions, and moduli mass hierarchies. This approach opens pathways for precise, data-driven mappings of the string landscape, complementing analytic studies and advancing the understanding of the distribution of flux vacua. This allows us to obtain different types of solutions with hierarchical suppressions, e.g. vacua with small values of the Gukov-Vafa-Witten superpotential |W 0|. We find an example with |W 0| = 5.547 × 10 −5 at large complex structure, without light directions and the use of non-perturbative effects.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)271Flux CompactificationsString and Brane PhenomenologySuperstring Vacua
spellingShingle A. Chauhan
M. Cicoli
S. Krippendorf
A. Maharana
P. Piantadosi
A. Schachner
Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape
Journal of High Energy Physics
Flux Compactifications
String and Brane Phenomenology
Superstring Vacua
title Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape
title_full Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape
title_fullStr Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape
title_full_unstemmed Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape
title_short Deep observations of the Type IIB flux landscape
title_sort deep observations of the type iib flux landscape
topic Flux Compactifications
String and Brane Phenomenology
Superstring Vacua
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)271
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