Special points of inflation in flux compactifications

被引:26
作者
Garcia-Etxebarria, Inaki [1 ]
Grimm, Thomas W. [1 ]
Valenzuela, Irene [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, Fohringer Ring 6, D-80805 Munich, Germany
[2] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
[3] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Inst Fis Teor UAM CSIC, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
关键词
CALABI-YAU; MIRROR SYMMETRY; NATURAL INFLATION; PARTITION-FUNCTIONS; AXION INFLATION; MODULI SPACE; D-BRANES; TRANSITIONS; MONODROMY; STRINGS;
D O I
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2015.08.008
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We study the realization of axion inflation models in the complex structure moduli spaces of Calabi-Yau threefolds and fourfolds. The axions arise close to special points of these moduli spaces that admit discrete monodromy symmetries of infinite order. Examples include the large complex structure point and conifold point, but can be of more general nature. In Type JIB and F-theory compactifications the geometric axions receive a scalar potential from a flux-induced superpotential. We find toy variants of various inflationary potentials including the ones for natural inflation of one or multiple axions, or axion monodromy inflation with polynomial potential. Interesting examples are also given by mirror geometries of torus fibrations with Mordell-Weil group of rank N - 1 or an N-section, which admit an axion if N > 3. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:414 / 443
页数:30
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