IAS High Energy Theory Seminar
Exponentially Small Cosmological Constants in String Theory
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This seminar will be presented in-person and on Zoom.
https://theias.zoom.us/j/84116605050?pwd=VHV6VkRUM3hkM2dFSlo2QWJiUWtPdz09
Abstract: In this talk, I will describe recent progress on moduli stabilization in string theory. In particular, I will describe recently found supersymmetric AdS_4 vacua, with exponential scale separation, of type IIB string compactifications on O3/O7 orientifolds of Calabi-Yau threefolds.