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hep-th2022★ 30 cited
Axions in String Theory Slaying the Hydra of Dark Radiation
Michele Cicoli, Arthur Hebecker, Joerg Jaeckel +1
It is widely believed that string theory easily allows for a QCD axion in the cosmologically favoured mass range. The required small decay constant, , can be implemente…
hep-th2015★ 26 cited
Microscopic Origin of Volume Modulus Inflation
Michele Cicoli, Francesco Muia, Francisco Gil Pedro
High-scale string inflationary models are in well-known tension with low-energy supersymmetry. A promising solution involves models where the inflaton is the volume of the extra di…