Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-11-08
Phys.Rev. D73 (2006) 046009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
28 pages, 1 figure, references added
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.73.046009
We explore the possibility that quantum cosmology considerations could provide a selection principle in the landscape of string vacua. We propose that the universe emerged from the string era in a thermally excited state and determine, within a mini-superspace model, the probability of tunneling to different points on the landscape. We find that the potential energy of the tunneling end point from which the universe emerges and begins its classical evolution is determined by the primordial temperature. By taking into account some generic properties of the moduli potential we then argue that the tunneling to the tail of the moduli potentials is disfavored, that the most likely emergence point is near an extremum, and that this extremum is not likely to be in the outer region of moduli space where the compact volume is very large and the string coupling very weak. As a concrete example we discuss the application of our arguments to the KKLT model of moduli stabilization.
Brustein Ram
de Alwis Senarath P.
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