Moduli Stabilization with the String Higgs Effect

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2004-04-23

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404177v2

Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 066005

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

20 pages, references added, typos corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.70.066005

We review the notion of the Higgs effect in the context of string theory. We find that by including this effect in time dependent backgrounds, one is led to a natural mechanism for stabilizing moduli at points of enhanced gauge symmetry. We consider this mechanism for the case of the radion (size of the extra dimensions) and find that as decompactification of the large spatial dimensions takes place the radion will remain stabilized at the self dual radius. We discuss how this mechanism can be incorporated into models of string cosmology and brane inflation to resolve some outstanding problems. We also address some issues regarding which string states should be included when constructing low energy actions in string cosmology.

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