Loop blow-up inflation
We present a new model of string inflation driven by a blow-up Kähler modulus of type IIb compactifications with a potential generated by string loops. Slow-roll is naturally realized thanks to the fact that the blow-up mode is a leading-order flat direction lifted by string loops which are unavoid...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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July 31, 2024
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Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2024, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-40 |
| ISSN: | 1029-8479 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/JHEP07(2024)289 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2024)289
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| Author Notes: | Sukṛti Bansal, Luca Brunelli, Michele Cicoli, Arthur Hebecker and Ruben Kuespert |
| Summary: | We present a new model of string inflation driven by a blow-up Kähler modulus of type IIb compactifications with a potential generated by string loops. Slow-roll is naturally realized thanks to the fact that the blow-up mode is a leading-order flat direction lifted by string loops which are unavoidable and generate a plateau at large field values. We check that throughout the whole inflationary dynamics the effective field theory is under control. We perform a phenomenological analysis determining the exact number of efoldings by studying the post-inflationary evolution. We determine the values of the microscopic parameters which lead to agreement with CMB data, together with the prediction of a tensor-to-scalar ratio of order r ∼ 10−5. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 14.07.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1029-8479 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/JHEP07(2024)289 |