Moduli Stabilization in Type IIB Flux Compactifications

Abstract

In the present paper, we reexamine the moduli stabilization problem of the Type IIB orientifolds with one complex structure modulus in a modified two-step procedure. The full superpotential including both the 3-form fluxes and the non-perturbative corrections is used to yield a F-term potential. This potential is simplified by using one optimization condition to integrate the dilaton field out. It is shown that having a locally stable supersymmetric Anti-deSitter vacuum is not inevitable for these orientifolds, which depend strongly upon the details of the flux parameters. For those orientifolds that have stable/metastable supersymmetry-broken minima of the F-term potential, the deSitter vacua might emerge even without the inclusion of the uplifting contributions.