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Slow-roll inflation in non-geometric flux compactification

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By implementing a genetic algorithm we search for stable vacua in Type IIB non-geometric flux compactification on an isotropic torus with orientifold 3-planes. We find that the number of stable dS and AdS vacua are of the same order. Moreover we find that in all dS vacua the multi-field slow-roll inflationary conditions are fulfilled. Specifically we observe that inflation is driven by the axio-dilaton and the Kähler moduli. We also comment on the existence of one stable dS vacuum in the presence of exotic orientifolds.

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Damian, C., Díaz-Barrón, L.R., Loaiza-Brito, O. et al. Slow-roll inflation in non-geometric flux compactification. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 109 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2013)109

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