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Inflation from D-\bar{D} brane annihilation

arXiv:hep-th/0105032 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.023507

Abstract

We demonstrate that the initial conditions for inflation are met when D5 and \bar{D}5 branes annihilate. This scenario uses Sen's conjecture that a co-dimension two vortex forms on the worldvolume of the annihilated 5-brane system. Analogous to a "Big Bang", when the five branes annihilate, a vortex localized on a 3-brane forms and its false vacuum energy generates an inflationy space-time. We also provide a natural mechanism for ending inflation via the motion of the vortex in the bulk due to its extrinsic curvature. We also suggest a consistent way to end inflation and localize matter on our space-time.

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