Published June 2008
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Journal article
Topology from cosmology?
- 1. David Rittenhouse Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, 9 Library Way, Durham, NH 03824 (United States)
- 3. Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC)/ICREA, Campus UAB, C5-parell 2, Barcelona 08193 (Spain)
- 4. School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Description
We show that cosmological observables can constrain the topology of the compact additional dimensions predicted by string theory. To do this, we develop a general strategy for relating cosmological observables to the microscopic parameters of the potentials and field-dependent kinetic terms of the multiple scalar fields that arise in the low-energy limit of string theory. We apply this formalism to the Large Volume Scenarios in Type IIB flux compactifications where analytical calculations are possible. Our methods generalize to other settings.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/025Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 06
- Journal Issue
- 2008
- Journal Page Range
- p. 025
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41058775
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS; COMPACTIFICATION; COSMOLOGY; POTENTIALS; SCALAR FIELDS; STRING MODELS; STRING THEORY; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; M-THEORY; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL