nLab Burt Ovrut

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Selected writings

On heterotic M-theory:

• Zygmunt Lalak, André Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Soliton Solutions of M-theory on an Orbifold, Phys. Lett. B425 (1998) 59-70 (arXiv:hep-th/9709214)

• Burt Ovrut, Lectures on Heterotic M-Theory, TASI 2001. 2004. 359-407 (arXiv:hep-th/0201032, doi:10.1142/9789812702821_0007)

• Burt Ovrut, Vacuum Constraints for Realistic Heterotic M-Theories, Symmetry 2018, 10(12), 723 (arXiv:1811.08892, doi:10.3390/sym10120723)

On KK-compactification of D=11 supergravity with M9-branes (Hořava-Witten theory/heterotic M-theory) on a Calabi-Yau 3-fold to D=5 supergravity (cf. M-theory on Calabi-Yau 3-folds):

• Andre Lukas, Burt A. Ovrut, Kellogg S. Stelle, Daniel Waldram: Heterotic M-theory in Five Dimensions, Nucl. Phys. B 552 (1999) 246-290 [doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00196-0, arXiv:hep-th/9806051]

On string phenomenology in heterotic M-theory:

• Ron Donagi, Burt Ovrut, Tony Pantev, Daniel Waldram, Standard Models from Heterotic M-theory, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 5 (2002) 93-137 (arXiv:hep-th/9912208)

• Ron Donagi, Burt Ovrut, Tony Pantev, Daniel Waldram, Standard Model Vacua in Heterotic M-Theory, talk at Strings ‘99, Potsdam, Germany, 19 - 24 Jul 1999 (arXiv:hep-th/0001101)

• Cédric Deffayet, Burt Ovrut, Paul Steinhardt, Stable Vacua with Realistic Phenomenology and Cosmology in Heterotic M-theory Satisfying Swampland Conjectures [arXiv:2401.04828]

and with emphasis on heterotic line bundles in the hidden sector:

On heterotic line bundles in the hidden sector of heterotic M-theory:

• Anthony Ashmore, Sebastian Dumitru, Burt Ovrut, Section 4.2 of: Line Bundle Hidden Sectors for Strongly Coupled Heterotic Standard Models (arXiv:2003.05455)

• Anthony Ashmore, Sebastian Dumitru, Burt Ovrut, Explicit Soft Supersymmetry Breaking in the Heterotic M-Theory B−L MSSM (arXiv:2012.11029)

• Anthony Ashmore, Sebastian Dumitru, Burt Ovrut, Hidden Sectors from Multiple Line Bundles for the B−L MSSM (arXiv:2106.09087)

• Sebastian Dumitru, Burt A. Ovrut, Heterotic M-Theory Hidden Sectors with an Anomalous $U(1)$ Gauge Symmetry (arXiv:2109.13781)

On heterotic M-theory on ADE-orbifolds:

• Michael Faux, Dieter Lüst, Burt Ovrut, Intersecting Orbifold Planes and Local Anomaly Cancellation in M-Theory, Nucl. Phys. B554: 437-483, 1999 (arXiv:hep-th/9903028)

• Michael Faux, Dieter Lüst, Burt Ovrut, Local Anomaly Cancellation, M-Theory Orbifolds and Phase-Transitions, Nucl. Phys. B589: 269-291, 2000 (arXiv:hep-th/0005251)

• Michael Faux, Dieter Lüst, Burt Ovrut, An M-Theory Perspective on Heterotic K3 Orbifold Compactifications, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A18:3273-3314, 2003 (arXiv:hep-th/0010087)

• Michael Faux, Dieter Lüst, Burt Ovrut, Twisted Sectors and Chern-Simons Terms in M-Theory Orbifolds, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A18: 2995-3014, 2003 (arXiv:hep-th/0011031)

Specifically on gaugino condensation in heterotic string theory and Horava-Witten theory:

• André Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Daniel Waldram, Gaugino condensation in M theory on $S^1/Z_2$, Phys. Rev. D 57, 7529 (1998) (arXiv:hep-th/9711197, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.7529)

• André Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Daniel Waldram, Five-Branes and Supersymmetry Breaking in M-Theory, JHEP 9904:009, 1999 (arXiv:hep-th/9901017)

On moduli stabilization:

• Lara Anderson, James Gray, Andre Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Vacuum Varieties, Holomorphic Bundles and Complex Structure Stabilization in Heterotic Theories (arXiv:1304.2704)

Discussion via machine learning of connections on heterotic line bundles over Calabi-Yau 3-folds:

• Anthony Ashmore, Rehan Deen, Yang-Hui He, Burt Ovrut, Machine Learning Line Bundle Connections (arXiv:2110.12483)

and for computation of Yukawa couplings:

• Andrei Constantin, Cristofero S. Fraser-Taliente, Thomas R. Harvey, Andre Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Computation of Quark Masses from String Theory [arXiv:2402.01615]

Related pages

• heterotic M-theory

• string phenomenology

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