New de Sitter Solutions in Ten Dimensions and Orientifold Singularities

Abstract

In previous work, we found ten-dimensional solutions to the supergravity equations of motion with a dS${}_4$ factor and O8-planes. We generalize this analysis and obtain other solutions in the same spirit, with an O8${}_{+}$ and an O6${}_{-}$. We examine our original solutions in more detail, focusing in particular on the O8${}_{-}$ singularities and on the issues created by their boundary conditions. We also point out some previously known supersymmetric AdS solutions with the same local behavior at their O8${}_{-}$ singularity.

40 pages, 3 figures