Les Houches Lectures on Constructing String Vacua

TL;DR

This lecture series provides a comprehensive introduction to constructing string vacua, focusing on F-theory flux vacua, their moduli stabilization, and practical methods for model building in string phenomenology.

Contribution

It offers a detailed overview of F-theory flux vacua construction, including geometric tools, flux statistics, and explicit model examples, advancing practical string phenomenology.

Findings

Overview of F-theory flux vacua and moduli stabilization

Development of a geometrical toolkit for string vacua construction

Analysis of flux vacua statistics and explicit model examples

Abstract

These lectures give a detailed introduction to constructing and analyzing string vacua suitable for phenomenological model building, with particular emphasis on F-theory flux vacua. Topics include (1) general challenges and overview of some proposed scenarios, (2) an extensive introduction to F-theory and its relation to M-theory and perturbative IIB string theory, (3) F-theory flux vacua and moduli stabilization scenarios, (4) a practical geometrical toolkit for constructing string vacua from scratch, (5) statistics of flux vacua, and (6) explicit models.