Moduli Stabilization and Inflation in Type IIB/F-theory

TL;DR

This paper explores how moduli stabilization and inflation can be achieved in Type IIB/F-theory string models, demonstrating the role of loop effects and Fayet-Iliopoulos terms in realizing de Sitter vacua and inflation.

Contribution

It introduces a novel mechanism for stabilizing Kähler moduli and generating inflation in Type IIB/F-theory using higher loop effects and Fayet-Iliopoulos terms.

Findings

Higher loop effects induce logarithmic corrections stabilizing moduli.

Fayet-Iliopoulos terms enable slow-roll inflation.

De Sitter vacua can be realized in this framework.

Abstract

In the first part of this talk, a short overview of the ongoing debate on the existence of de Sitter vacua in string theory is presented. In the second part, the moduli stabilisation and inflation are discussed in the context of type IIB/F-theory. Considering a configuration of three intersecting $D7$ branes with fluxes, it is shown that higher loop effects inducing logarithmic corrections to the K\"ahler potential can stabilise the K\"ahler moduli in a de Sitter Vacuum. When a new Fayet-Iliopoulos term is included, it is also possible to generate the required number of e-foldings and satisfy the conditions for slow-roll inflation.