String phenomenology and the cosmological constant

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2007.01.049zbMATH Open1248.81195arXivhep-th/0607148OpenAlexW2103218624MaRDI QIDQ712976FDOQ712976

S. P. de Alwis

Publication date: 18 October 2012

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

Abstract: It is argued that classical string solutions should not be fine tuned to have a positive cosmological constant (CC) at the observed size, since even the quantum corrections from standard model effects will completely negate any classical string theory solution with such a CC. In fact it is even possible that there is no need at all for any ad hoc uplifting term in the potential since these quantum effects may well take care of this. Correspondingly any calculation of the parameters of the MSSM has to be rethought to take into account the evolution of the CC. This considerably complicates the issue since the initial conditions for RG evolution of these parameters are determined by the final condition on the CC! The Anthropic Principle is of no help in addressing these issues.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607148

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zbMATH Keywords

positive cosmological constantclassical string solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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