Conifold dynamics and axion monodromies

Journal of High Energy Physics

P. Soler¹  V. Van Hemelryck¹  M. Scalisi¹  T. Van Riet¹ 

[1] Institute of Theoretical Physics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium;

关键词: D-branes;    Flux compactifications;    Superstring Vacua;   

DOI  :  10.1007/JHEP10(2020)133

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

It has recently been appreciated that the conifold modulus plays an important role in string-phenomenological set-ups involving warped throats, both by imposing constraints on model building and for obtaining a 10-dimensional picture of SUSY-breaking. In this note, we point out that the stability of the conifold modulus furthermore prevents large super-Planckian axion monodromy field ranges caused by brane-flux decay processes down warped throats. Our findings imply a significant challenge for concrete string theory embeddings of the inflationary flux-unwinding scenario.

【 授权许可】

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