Moduli Stabilization in String Gas Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
String gas cosmology is an approach towards studying the effects of superstring theory on early universe cosmology which is based on new symmetries and new degrees of freedom of string theory. Within this context, it appears possible to stabilize the moduli which describe the size and shape of the extra spatial dimensions without the need of introducing many extra tools such as warping and fluxes. In this lecture, the recent progress towards moduli stabilization in string gas cosmology is reviewed, and outstanding problems for the scenario are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0509159,
title = {Moduli Stabilization in String Gas Cosmology},
author = {Robert H. Brandenberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0509159},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
15 pages, 1 figure to be published in the proceedings of YKIS05, Yukawa Institute, Kyoto University, June 27 - July 1, 2005 (one reference updates)