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4D de Sitter from String Theory via 6D Supergravity
C. P. Burgess, F. Muia, F. Quevedo
We obtain de Sitter (dS) solutions from controlled string-theory constructions. We review how minimal gauged chiral 6D supergravity evades standard dS no-go theorems by having a po…
String Thermodynamics In and Out of Equilibrium: Boltzmann Equations and Random Walks
Andrew R. Frey, Ratul Mahanta, Anshuman Maharana +3
We revisit the study of string theory close to the Hagedorn temperature with the aim towards cosmological applications. We consider interactions of open and closed strings in a gas…
Quantum Transitions, Detailed Balance, Black Holes and Nothingness
Sebastian Cespedes, Senarath de Alwis, Francesco Muia +1
We consider vacuum transitions by bubble nucleation among 4D vacua with different values and signs of the cosmological constant , including both up and down tunnelings. Followin…
Density Perturbations and Primordial Non-Gaussianities in a Closed Universe
Sebastian Cespedes, Senarath de Alwis, Francesco Muia +1
The spatial curvature of the universe is not yet known. Even though at present the Universe is very close to being essentially flat and most signatures of curvature appear to have…
A Fake Instability in String Inflation
Michele Cicoli, Veronica Guidetti, Francesco Muia +2
In type IIB Fibre Inflation models the inflaton is a Kaehler modulus which is kinetically coupled to the corresponding axion. In this setup the curvature of the field space induces…
Lorentzian Vacuum Transitions: Open or Closed Universes?
Sebastian Cespedes, Senarath P. de Alwis, Francesco Muia +1
We consider the generalisation of quantum tunneling transitions in the WKB approximation to the time-independent functional Schrödinger and Wheeler-DeWitt equations. Following a Lo…