Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-02-25
Nucl.Phys.B736:1-33,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
39 pages. Published version. Changes in introduction, appendix and references
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.11.019
The effective four-dimensional supergravity of M-theory compactified on the orbifold S^1/Z_2 and a Calabi-Yau threefold includes in general moduli supermultiplets describing massless modes of five-branes. For each brane, one of these fields corresponds to fluctuations along the interval. The five-brane also leads to modifications of the anomaly-cancelling terms in the eleven-dimensional theory, including gauge contributions located on their world-volumes. We obtain the interactions of the brane "interval modulus" predicted by these five-brane-induced anomaly-cancelling terms and we construct their effective supergravity description. In the condensed phase, these interaction terms generate an effective non-perturbative superpotential which can also be interpreted as instanton effects of open membranes stretching between five-branes and the S^1/Z_2 fixed hyperplanes. Aspects of the vacuum structure of the effective supergravity are also briefly discussed.
Carlevaro Luca
Derendinger Jean-Pierre
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