What if string theory has no de Sitter vacua?
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-09-12 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We present a brief overview of attempts to construct de Sitter vacua in string theory and explain how the results of this 20-year endeavor could point to the fact that string theory harbors no de Sitter vacua at all. Making such a statement is often considered controversial and "bad news for string theory". We discuss how perhaps the opposite can be true.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1804.01120,
title = {What if string theory has no de Sitter vacua?},
author = {Ulf H. Danielsson and Thomas Van Riet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.01120},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
30 +9 pages, 1 figure, v2: references added