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We consider the effect of warping on the distribution of type IIB flux vacua constructed with Calabi-Yau orientifolds. We derive an analytical form of the distribution that incorporates warping and find close agreement with the results of a Monte Carlo enumeration of vacua. Compared with calculations that neglect warping, we find that for any finite volume compactification, the density of vacua is highly diluted in close proximity to the conifold point, with a steep drop-off within a critical distance.
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Ahlqvist, P., Greene, B.R. & Kagan, D. Warped vacuum statistics. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 66 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2012)066
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