IIB String Theory and Sequestered Inflation

DOI10.1002/PROP.202100127arXiv2108.08492OpenAlexW3199496045MaRDI QIDQ6069855

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Publication date: 17 November 2023

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Abstract: We develop sequestered inflation models, where inflation occurs along flat directions in supergravity models derived from type IIB string theory. It is compactified on a $mathbb{T}^{6}overmathbb{Z}_{2}imesmathbb{Z}_2$ orientifold with generalized fluxes and O3/O7-planes. At Step I, we use flux potentials which 1) satisfy tadpole cancellation conditions and 2) have supersymmetric Minkowski vacua with flat direction(s). The 7 moduli are split into heavy and massless Goldstone multiplets. At Step II we add a nilpotent multiplet and uplift the flat direction(s) of the type IIB string theory to phenomenological inflationary plateau potentials: $alpha$-attractors with 7 discrete values $3alpha=1,2,3,\mathrm{...},7$. Their cosmological predictions are determined by the hyperbolic geometry inherited from string theory. The masses of the heavy fields and the volume of the extra dimensions change during inflation, but this does not affect the inflationary dynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.08492

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