Tensor modes on the string theory landscape

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2013)054MaRDI QIDQ303027zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alexander Westphal

Publication date 12 August 2016

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4034

zbMATH Keywords

ds vacua in string theoryflux compactificationssuperstring vacua

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We attempt an estimate for the distribution of the tensor mode fraction $r$ over the landscape of vacua in string theory. The dynamics of eternal inflation and quantum tunneling lead to a kind of democracy on the landscape, providing no bias towards large-field or small-field inflation regardless of the class of measure. The tensor mode fraction then follows the number frequency distributions of inflationary mechanisms of string theory over the landscape. We show that an estimate of the relative number frequencies for small-field vs large-field inflation, while unattainable on the whole landscape, may be within reach as a regional answer for warped Calabi-Yau flux compactifications of type IIB string theory.

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