Smooth Cosmologies from M-theory

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2004-01-21

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0401150v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

Latex, 7 pages, Contribution to Quantum Theory and Symmetries 3

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We review two ways in which smooth cosmological evolution between two de Sitter phases can be obtained from M/string-theory. Firstly, we perform a hyperbolic reduction of massive IIA* theory to D=6 N=(1,1) SU(2)xU(1) gauged de Sitter supergravity, which supports smooth cosmological evolution between dS_4 x S^2 and a dS_6-type geometry. Secondly, we obtain four-dimensional de Sitter gravity with SU(2) Yang-Mills gauge fields from a hyperbolic reduction of standard eleven-dimensional supergravity. The four-dimensional theory supports smooth cosmological evolution between dS_2 x S^2 and a dS_4-type geometry. Although time-dependent, these solutions arise from a first-order system via a superpotential construction. For appropriate choices of charges, these solutions describe an expanding universe whose expansion rate is significantly larger in the past than in the future, as required for an inflationary model.

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