Dynamical de Sitter conjecture and quintessence model
High Energy Physics - Theory
2025-12-30 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The de Sitter conjecture yields a severe bound on possible vacua for a consistent quantum gravity. We extend the de Sitter conjecture by taking into account dynamics of the scalar field. We then apply such an extended de Sitter conjecture to a quintessence model of inflation for which dynamics of the scalar field is essential, and obtain an allowed region of parameters of the scalar potential wider than previously considered cases with the conventional de Sitter conjecture. The new bounds in the swampland conjecture could have implications in several situations to construct compactification models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2501.02258,
title = {Dynamical de Sitter conjecture and quintessence model},
author = {Muneto Nitta and Kunihito Uzawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.02258},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
18 pages, 1 figure, typos corrected, references are improved