Constraints on String Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-12-19 v4 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
String theory contains sources like orientifold planes that support higher derivative interactions. These interactions make possible static flux compactifications which are forbidden in supergravity. They can also lead to violations of the strong energy condition (SEC) which is needed for an accelerating universe. We examine how large a violation is possible in the context of the heterotic string compactified to four dimensions. We find that de Sitter solutions are still not possible but that classically forbidden anti-de Sitter solutions are possible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.0545,
title = {Constraints on String Cosmology},
author = {Stephen R. Green and Emil J. Martinec and Callum Quigley and Savdeep Sethi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0545},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
22 pages; LaTeX; LaTeX issue fixed; references and a few comments added; typo in Appendix fixed