String Theory seminar - Marjorie Schillo Seminar
- Time:
- 13:00 - 14:00
- Date:
- 9Ìý±·´Ç±¹±ð³¾²ú±ð°ùÌý2016
- Venue:
- 54/10037(10B)
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Francesco Aprile, Gavin Hartnett at f.aprile@soton.ac.uk, g.s.hartnett@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
A new top-down model of inflation
I will review the mechanism of brane-flux annihilation in which D-brane charge in a flux background can dissolve and discharge Ramond-Ramond flux. A dynamical brane mediates the brane-flux annihilation as it moves across a compact internal cycle. This mechanism has recently been extended such that many units of flux can be discharged in a "flux cascade." The flux cascade can be used to reduce vacuum energy and give rise to 60 efolds of inflation.
Speaker information
Marjorie Schillo , KU Leuven, Belgium.