On de Sitter String Vacua from Anti-D3-Branes in the Large Volume Scenario

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the construction of de Sitter vacua in type IIB string theory using anti-D3-branes within the large volume scenario, analyzing stability and consistency conditions through an explicit Calabi-Yau example.

Contribution

It provides a concrete example of de Sitter vacua with anti-D3-branes in LVS, including detailed parameter analysis and stability conditions, advancing the understanding of uplift mechanisms.

Findings

Stable de Sitter vacua with large volume and controlled approximations

Explicit Calabi-Yau example with moduli stabilization and uplift

Validation of EFT consistency and tadpole cancellation constraints

Abstract

We consider de Sitter vacua realised in concrete type IIB Calabi-Yau compactifications with an anti D3-brane at the tip of a warped throat of Klebanov-Strassler type. The K\"ahler moduli are stabilised together with the complex structure modulus of the warped throat. The volume is exponentially large as in the large volume scenario (LVS). We analyse the conditions on the parameters of the EFT such that they are in the region of validity of our approximations, there are no runaway problems and the vacua satisfy all consistency constraints, such as tadpole cancellation. We illustrate our results with an explicit Calabi-Yau orientifold with two K\"ahler moduli and one antibrane on top of an O3-plane in a warped throat, that has the goldstino as its only massless state. The moduli are stabilised with $g_s\sim 0.2$ and volume $\mathcal{V}\sim 10^4$ in string units, justifying the approximation used to derive the corresponding EFT. Although the model lacks chiral matter, it is presented as a proof of concept, chosen to be the simplest realisation of antibrane uplift.