Accelerating Cosmologies and a Phase Transition in M-Theory

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2003-04-09

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304089v2

Phys.Lett. B563 (2003) 1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

10 pages, 4 figures, REVTeX4, some references added

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00609-9

M-theory compactifies on a seven-dimensional time-dependent hyperbolic or flat space to a four-dimensional FLRW cosmology undergoing a period of accelerated expansion in Einstein conformal frame. The strong energy condition is violated by the scalar fields produced in the compactification, as is necessary to evade the no-go theorem for time-independent compactifications. The four-form field strength of eleven-dimensional supergravity smoothly switches on during the period of accelerated expansion in hyperbolic compactifications, whereas in flat compactifications, the three-form potential smoothly changes its sign. For small acceleration times, this behaviour is like a phase transition of the three-form potential, during which the cosmological scale factor approximately doubles.

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