English

4d models of dS uplift in KKLT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-02-14 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

It was shown in arXiv:1808.09428 that the modified 4d version of the KKLT model proposed in arXiv:1707.08678 is inconsistent for large values of the parameter cc advocated in arXiv:1707.08678, since there is a point in the moduli space where DSW2|D_SW|^2 vanishes. The authors responded with yet another modification of the 4d KKLT model arXiv:1809.06618. However, for large cc, this model suffers from an even worse problem: not only is there a point in the moduli space where DSW2|D_SW|^2 vanishes, there is also a region in the moduli space where DSW2|D_SW|^2 is negative. Meanwhile for small cc these models have dS vacua. We construct improved models, which are fully consistent for all values of parameters, just as the original version of the KKLT model using a nilpotent superfield. These models have a family of dS vacua for a broad range of parameter values. Thus, the results of the analysis of all presently available consistent generalizations of the 4d KKLT model, in the domain of their validity, confirm the existence of dS vacua in the KKLT scenario.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.09018,
  title  = {4d models of dS uplift in KKLT},
  author = {Renata Kallosh and Andrei Linde and Evan McDonough and Marco Scalisi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09018},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

4 pages, minor additions

R2 v1 2026-06-23T04:16:37.049Z