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de Sitter Vacua from Ten Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-24 v3

Abstract

We analyze the de Sitter construction of \cite{KKLT} using ten-dimensional supergravity, finding exact agreement with the four-dimensional effective theory. Starting from the fermionic couplings in the D7-brane action, we derive the ten-dimensional stress-energy due to gaugino condensation on D7-branes. We demonstrate that upon including this stress-energy, as well as that due to anti-D3-branes, the ten-dimensional equations of motion require the four-dimensional curvature to take precisely the value determined by the four-dimensional effective theory of \cite{KKLT}.

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@article{arxiv.1908.04788,
  title  = {de Sitter Vacua from Ten Dimensions},
  author = {Shamit Kachru and Manki Kim and Liam McAllister and Max Zimet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.04788},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

58 pages. v2: corrected statements about generalized complex geometry. Appendices contain more details of spinor ansatz and of D3-brane potential. Typos fixed, refs added. v3: significant additional results. Appendix A includes analysis of a new term in the Killing spinor equations. Appendix C contains a demonstration of the cancellation of divergences. Conclusions unchanged

R2 v1 2026-06-23T10:46:42.243Z