SUSY Breaking, Cosmology, Vacuum Selection and the Cosmological Constant in String Theory

TL;DR

This paper reviews superstring cosmology results, discusses vacuum selection, and explores potential solutions to the cosmological constant problem within string theory, based on a talk given at a 1995 workshop.

Contribution

It compiles recent findings on superstring cosmology and offers speculations on resolving the cosmological constant and vacuum selection issues in string theory.

Findings

Summary of superstring cosmology results

Proposals for vacuum selection mechanisms

Speculations on solving the cosmological constant problem

Abstract

This is the written version of a talk given at the Santa Barbara Workshop on Supersymmetry in December of 1995. It summarizes a collection of results on superstring cosmology obtained by the author and various collaborators, and contains some speculations about the resolution of the cosmological constant and vacuum selection problems in string theory.