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Models of accelerating universe in supergravity and string theory

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We review models of the accelerating universe from the perspective of high-energy physics. Focusing on supergravity and the String Theory, we discuss the general framework for the construction of these models. We then go on to discuss explicit constructions.

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Notes

  1. The observed acceleration may also happen due to the modifications of gravity at cosmological distances.

  2. For earlier criticisms of dS in string theory, see, for example, [6,7,8].

  3. Note that in more realistic cases, this separation may not be possible, making the problem much worse.

  4. Note that in F-theory models the string coupling can be arbitrarily large, this tree-level analysis is not valid.

  5. See also [73] for \(N=1\) \(\mathcal {O}(\alpha '^2)\) corrections to K in heterotic strings which should get mapped to type IIB \(\mathcal {O}(g_s^2\alpha '^2)\) effects that have the extended no-scale cancellation.

  6. See also [82].

  7. Once challenge is to the field range to be suitably large [23, 24]. Various possible solutions have been proposed, see for e.g [9, 46, 137, 138] and the references there in.

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KD is partially supported in part by the Grant MTR/2019/000395 and Indo-Russian project Grant DST/INT/RUS/RSF/P-21, both funded by the DST, Govt of India. AM is supported in part by the SERB, DST, Government of India, by the Grant MTR/2019/000267.

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Dutta, K., Maharana, A. Models of accelerating universe in supergravity and string theory. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 230, 2111–2122 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00195-w

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