D-instanton induced superpotential
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Alexandrov, Sergei; Fırat, Atakan H.; Kim, Manki; Sen, Ashoke; Stefański, Bogdan![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/144004/13130_2022_Article_18739.pdf.jpg?sequence=5&isAllowed=y)
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We use string field theory to fix the normalization of the D-instanton corrections to the superpotential involving the moduli fields of type II string theory compactified on an orientifold of a Calabi-Yau threefold in the absence of fluxes. We focus on O(1) instantons whose only zero modes are the four bosonic modes associated with translation of the instanton in non-compact directions and a pair of fermionic zero modes associated with the two supercharges broken by the instanton. We work with a generic superconformal field theory and express our answer in terms of the spectrum of open strings on the instanton. We analyse the contribution of multi-instantons of this kind to the superpotential and argue that it vanishes when background fluxes are absent.
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2022-07-14Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical PhysicsPublisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022 Jul 14;2022(7):90
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