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Accelerating internal dimensions and nonzero positive cosmological constant

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-04-19 v4

Abstract

We present a new scenario for the moduli stabilization with a very small but nonzero positive cosmological constant λ\lambda. In this scenario the complex structure moduli are still stabilized by the three-form fluxes as in the usual flux compactifications, but the Ka¨\ddot{\rm a}hler modulus is not fixed by the KKLT scenario. In our case the scale factor (or the Ka¨\ddot{\rm a}hler modulus) of the internal dimensions is basically allowed to change with time. But at the supergravity level it is fixed by a set of dynamical (plus constraint) equations defined on the 4D spacetime, not by the nonperturbative corrections of KKLT. Also at the supergravity level it is shown that λ\lambda is fine-tuned to zero, λ=0\lambda =0, by the same set of 4D equations. This result changes once we admit α\alpha^{\prime}-corrections of the string theory. The fine-tuning λ=0\lambda=0 changes into λ=23Q\lambda = \frac{2}{3} Q, where QQ is a constant representing quantum corrections of the brane and 6D action defined on the internal dimensions and its value is determined by the α\alpha^{\prime}-corrections. It is also shown that this nonzero λ\lambda must be positive and at the same time the internal dimensions must evolve with time almost at the same rate as the external dimensions in the case of nonzero λ\lambda.

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@article{arxiv.1702.01505,
  title  = {Accelerating internal dimensions and nonzero positive cosmological constant},
  author = {Eun Kyung Park and Pyung Seong Kwon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.01505},
  year   = {2023}
}

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