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hep-th2014★ 60 cited
Planckian Axions in String Theory
Thomas C. Bachlechner, Cody Long, Liam McAllister
We argue that super-Planckian diameters of axion fundamental domains can naturally arise in Calabi-Yau compactifications of string theory. In a theory with axions , the fu…
hep-th2014★ 68 cited
A New Angle on Chaotic Inflation
Thomas C. Bachlechner, Mafalda Dias, Jonathan Frazer +1
N-flation is a radiatively stable scenario for chaotic inflation in which the displacements of axions with decay constants lead to a super-…
hep-th2014★ 37 cited
On Gaussian Random Supergravity
Thomas C. Bachlechner
We study the distribution of metastable vacua and the likelihood of slow roll inflation in high dimensional random landscapes. We consider two examples of landscapes: a Gaussian ra…