Tag: Heterotic string theory

  • Modular symmetry shapes quintessence and de Sitter vacua

    What the study found Modular symmetry in heterotic orbifolds was found to shape a scalar potential with a rich vacuum structure. The authors report anti-de Sitter minima, unstable de Sitter saddle points, and large regions in moduli space supporting multifield hilltop quintessence. Why the authors say this matters The authors conclude that modular symmetry can…

  • Heterotic supergravity deformations are constructed with vector methods

    What the study found The authors constructed bi- and uni-vector deformations of 10d heterotic supergravity solutions. They also generalized the "open/closed" map for this setting and examined examples of the resulting deformed solutions, especially for the F1 string solution. Why the authors say this matters The abstract does not state a broader significance or application…