Research Interest of Thomas Grimm

      Publication 1: Direct Integration of the Topological String (URL)
      Publication 2: Generalized N=1 orientifold compactifications and the Hitchin functionals (URL)
      Publication 3: The Effective action of type IIA Calabi-Yau orientifolds (URL)

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Statement of Interest:


  My research focuses on four-dimensional string and M-theory
compactifications with emphasis on both their phenomenological 
and mathematical aspects. This includes the study of generalized
compactifications with D-branes leading to supergravity theories
with a minimal amount of supersymmetry. Within these scenarios 
I investigate specific mechanisms to break supersymmetry and 
analyze the generation of soft supersymmetry breaking terms.
My work also includes a detailed analysis of the $N=1$ effective 
action arising in type II orientifold compactifications on generic 
Calabi-Yau manifolds as well as a recently introduced class of
generalized complex manifolds. These compactifications provide 
a rich supply of consistent string scenarios and I apply these general
results to construct models for particle physics and cosmology. To 
derive important quantum corrections to these scenarios as well 
as to black hole vacua I also study topological string theory on 
the six-dimensional compact space. A detailed understanding of the 
classical and quantum geometry of special compactification manifolds 
is crucial for topological strings and essential to construct 
phenomenologically attractive four-dimensional compactifications.