Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-04-13
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 026005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
64 pages, 4 figures, v2: references added, presentation in sect. 4 revised (results unchanged), further minor changes, version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.026005
The recent progress in embedding inflation in string theory has made it clear that the problem of moduli stabilization cannot be ignored in this context. In many models a special role is played by the volume modulus, which is modified in the presence of mobile branes. The challenge is to stabilize this modified volume while keeping the inflaton mass small compared to the Hubble parameter. It is then crucial to know not only how the volume modulus is modified, but also to have control over the dependence of the potential on the inflaton field. We address these questions within a simple setting: toroidal N=1 type IIB orientifolds. We calculate corrections to the superpotential and show how the holomorphic dependence on the properly modified volume modulus arises. The potential then explicitly involves the inflaton, leaving room for lowering the inflaton mass through moderate fine-tuning of flux quantum numbers.
Berg Marcus
Haack Michael
Kors Boris
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