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PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE

Displaying all lectures given by: Anastasios Avgoustidis


Wilson Line Inflation
Abstract: I will present a model of inflation in string theory, where the inflaton field corresponds to a Wilson line in the worldvolume of a D-brane, and in the presence of magnetic flux. Inflation ends in a hybrid fashion, when the Wilson line achieves a critical value and an open string mode becomes tachy... read more
Date: 06/06/2008 - 11:15 am
Collection: PASCOS 08
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