Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-05-20
JCAP 0409:005,2004
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
16 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX; v2: typos fixed and references added
Scientific paper
10.1088/1475-7516/2004/09/005
We study the dynamics of the size of an extra-dimensional manifold stabilised by fluxes. Inspecting the potential for the 4D field associated with this size (the radion), we obtain the conditions under which it can be stabilised and show that stable compactifications on hyperbolic manifolds necessarily have a negative four-dimensional cosmological constant, in contradiction with experimental observations. Assuming compactification on a positively curved (spherical) manifold we find that the radion has a mass of the order of the compactification scale, M_c, and Planck suppressed couplings. We also show that the model becomes unstable and the extra dimensions decompactify when the four-dimensional curvature is higher than a maximum value. This in particular sets an upper bound on the scale of inflation in these models: V_max \sim M_c^2 M_P^2, independently of whether the radion or other field is responsible for inflation. We comment on other possible contributions to the radion potential as well as finite temperature effects and their impact on the bounds obtained.
Navarro Ignacio
Santiago Jose
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