Stability Constraints on Classical de Sitter Vacua

Jul, 2011
18 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 09 (2011) 052
e-Print:
Report number:
  • MAD-TH-11-06,
  • TIFR-TH-11-31

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present further no-go theorems for classical de Sitter vacua in Type II string theory, i.e., de Sitter constructions that do not invoke non-perturbative effects or explicit supersymmetry breaking localized sources. By analyzing the stability of the 4D potential arising from compactification on manfiolds with curvature, fluxes, and orientifold planes, we found that additional ingredients, beyond the minimal ones presented so far, are necessary to avoid the presence of unstable modes. We enumerate the minimal setups for (meta)stable de Sitter vacua to arise in this context.
Note:
  • 18 pages; v2: argument improved, references added
  • vacuum state: de Sitter
  • string model: Type II
  • vacuum state: stability
  • compactification
  • string model
  • orientifold
  • curvature