Construction of Explicit de Sitter Vacua in
Type IIB Flux Compactifications

Mr Markus Rummel
University of Hamburg

24 April 2013 (Monday)
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Room 4612 (4/F via Lifts 31-32), HKUST

Abstract:

An explicit example for a de Sitter vacuum in type IIB string theory will be presented. After deriving a sufficient condition for de Sitter vacua in the Kahler uplifting scenario, it is shown that a globally consistent de Sitter model can be realized on a certain Calabi-Yau, stabilizing all geometric moduli and fulfilling all known consistency constraints. The complex structure moduli stabilization by fluxes is studied explicitly for a small number of cycles. Extrapolating to a larger number of flux carrying cycles, statistical studies in the literature are verified, showing that in principle the string landscape can account for a universe with an extremely small cosmological constant.