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CMB constraints on monodromy inflation at strong coupling
Edmund J. Copeland, Francesc Cunillera, Adam Moss +1
We carry out a thorough numerical examination of field theory monodromy inflation at strong coupling. We perform an MCMC analysis using a Gaussian likelihood, fitting multiparamete…
Quintessence and the Swampland: The numerically controlled regime of moduli space
Michele Cicoli, Francesc Cunillera, Antonio Padilla +1
We provide a detailed discussion of the main theoretical and phenomenological challenges of quintessence model building in any numerically controlled regime of the moduli space of…
Quintessence and the Swampland: The parametrically controlled regime of moduli space
Michele Cicoli, Francesc Cunillera, Antonio Padilla +1
We provide evidence that slow roll is not possible in any parametrically controlled regime of the moduli space of string theory. This is proven in full generality in the asymptotic…
Quadratic curvature corrections to stringy effective actions and the absence of de Sitter vacua
Francesc Cunillera, William T. Emond, Antoine Lehébel +1
We investigate the combined effect of fluxes and higher-order curvature corrections, in the form of the Gauss-Bonnet term, on the existence of de Sitter vacua in a heterotic string…
Generalised scalar-tensor theories and self-tuning
Edmund J. Copeland, Sukhraj Ghataore, Florian Niedermann +1
We explore a family of generalised scalar-tensor theories that exhibit self-tuning to low scale anti de Sitter vacua, even in the presence of a large cosmological constant. We are…
A stringy perspective on the coincidence problem
Francesc Cunillera, Antonio Padilla
We argue that, for generic string compactifications, dark energy is likely to signal the beginning of the end of our universe, perhaps even through decompactification, with possibl…