Moduli Stabilization and Inflation in Type IIB/F-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-01-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
In the first part of this talk, a short overview of the ongoing debate on the existence of de Sitter vacua in string theory is presented. In the second part, the moduli stabilisation and inflation are discussed in the context of type IIB/F-theory. Considering a configuration of three intersecting branes with fluxes, it is shown that higher loop effects inducing logarithmic corrections to the K\"ahler potential can stabilise the K\"ahler moduli in a de Sitter Vacuum. When a new Fayet-Iliopoulos term is included, it is also possible to generate the required number of e-foldings and satisfy the conditions for slow-roll inflation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1901.05075,
title = {Moduli Stabilization and Inflation in Type IIB/F-theory},
author = {Ignatios Antoniadis and Yifan Chen and George K. Leontaris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.05075},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
18 pages, prepared for the Corfu2018 Proceedings, based on arXiv:1803.08941 and arXiv:1810.05060