Schedule Oct 20, 2003
Attempts at Inflation in String Theory
Sandip Trivedi (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)

Warped compactifications, obtained by turning on fluxes, provide a promising setting for inflation in string theory. The details of moduli stabilisation are important, however. Superpotential stabilisation of the volume modulus typically renders the inflaton potential too steep. A sufficiently non-generic superpotential, or perhaps other mechanisms of stabilisation, might avoid this conclusion.

Audio requires RealPlayer by RealNetworks.
Begin WebCam and audio for the whole talk: high bandwidth or medium bandwidth.
Or, begin audio only for the whole talk: high bandwidth or low bandwidth. (Or, right-click to download the whole audio file.)

To begin viewing slides, click on the first slide below. (Or, view as pdf.)

[01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [06] [07] [08] [09] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Author entry (protected)