Published June 2008 | Version v1
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/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/025

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
06
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 025
ISSN
1126-6708