PIRSA:07050036

Non-Anthropic Approaches to the String Landscape

Watson, G. (2007). Non-Anthropic Approaches to the String Landscape . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07050036

Watson, G.. Non-Anthropic Approaches to the String Landscape . Perimeter Institute, May. 19, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07050036 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:07050036,
            doi = {10.48660/07050036},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/07050036},
            author = {Watson, G.},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Non-Anthropic Approaches to the String Landscape },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:07050036 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

G. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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Abstract

We consider the effect that dynamical selection principles could have on the string landscape and for determining the value of the cosmological constant. The underlying symmetries of string theory, along with the dynamics of moduli in the low energy effective field theory, seem to suggest that not all vacua are created equal. However, in some simple models many vacua are alike and this degeneracy may suggest a *non-anthropic* approach to understanding the observed value of the cosmological constant. The approach may also lead to a viable model of inflation, without the need of fine-tuned potentials.