Classification of the vacua of the dimensionally reduced low-energy limit of the heterotic string over nearly-K\"ahler manifolds

TL;DR

This paper classifies the vacua of the effective four-dimensional theory derived from heterotic string theory compactified on nearly-K"ahler manifolds, exploring the landscape of possible stable solutions including non-AdS vacua.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive catalog of vacua for heterotic string reductions over specific nearly-K"ahler coset spaces, advancing understanding of string vacua diversity.

Findings

Complete classification of vacua over three specific coset spaces

Identification of conditions for non-AdS vacua in heterotic compactifications

Insights into the landscape of string theory solutions

Abstract

We examine the vacua of the scalar potential of the effective 4-d action, obtained after the dimensional reduction of the 10-d $\mathcal{N}=1$ heterotic supergravity coupled to an $\mathcal{N}=1$ Yang-Mills sector. The (Coset Space) dimensional reduction takes place over the three 6-d nearly-K\"ahler manifolds, namely the homogeneous 6-d non-symmetric coset spaces, $G_2/SU(3)$, $Sp_4/SU(2)\times U(1)$ and $SU(3)/U(1)\times U(1)$. The current work consists a complete catalogue of the kinds of vacua of theories obtained after the reduction of the heterotic string over the 6-d non-symmetric coset spaces and, moreover, a contribution to the dialogue of the possibility to result with non-AdS vacua in the framework of string theories.