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Anisotropic dark energy from string compactifications

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Diego Gallego *
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J. Bayron Orjuela-Quintana
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César A. Valenzuela-Toledo
DOI:10.1007/JHEP04(2024)131delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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We explore the cosmological dynamics of a minimalistic yet generic string-inspired model for multifield dark energy. Adopting a supergravity four-dimensional viewpoint, we motivate the model's structure arising from superstring compactifications involving a chiral superfield and a pure U(1) gauge sector. The chiral sector gives rise to a pair of scalar fields, such as the axio-dilaton, which are kinetically coupled. However, the scalar potential depends on only one of them, further entwined with the vector field through the gauge kinetic function. The model has two anisotropic attractor solutions that, despite a steep potential and thanks to multifield dynamics, could explain the current accelerated expansion of the Universe while satisfying observational constraints on the late-times cosmological anisotropy. Nevertheless, justifying the parameter space allowing for slow roll dynamics together with the correct cosmological parameters, would be challenging within the landscape of string theory. Intriguingly, we find that the vector field, particularly at one of the studied fixed points, plays a crucial role in enabling geodesic trajectories in the scalar field space while realizing slow-roll dynamics with a steep potential. This observation opens a new avenue for exploring multifield dark energy models within the superstring landscape.
Keywords:
Cosmological models
String and Brane Phenomenology
Cosmology of Theories BSM
Superstring Vacua

Journal

Journal of High Energy Physics cover
Journal of High Energy Physics
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5.5
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3.9W
Citations:
13.7W

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Universidad del Valle
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