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Quintessence and the Swampland: The parametrically controlled regime of moduli space

Michele Cicoli, Francesc Cunillera, Antonio Padilla, Francisco G. Pedro

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Abstract

We provide evidence that slow roll is not possible in any parametrically controlled regime of the moduli space of string theory. This is proven in full generality in the asymptotic limit of the moduli space of type II and heterotic Calabi-Yau compactifications for the dilaton and any number of Kähler moduli. Our results suggest that in order to build quintessence into string theory one must work in the interior of moduli space where numerical, even if not parametric, control could still be achieved.

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7 pages
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doi:10.1002/prop.202200009
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hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory astro-ph.COCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology hep-phHigh Energy Physics, Phenomenology

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