Accelerating cosmologies and a phase transition in M-theory

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DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00609-9zbMATH Open1027.83546arXivhep-th/0304089OpenAlexW2051527080MaRDI QIDQ1566239FDOQ1566239


Authors: Mattias N. R. Wohlfarth Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 June 2003

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: 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.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0304089




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