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Backreaction Issues in Axion Monodromy and Minkowski 4-forms

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We clarify the differences between the usual Kaloper-Sorbo description of axion monodromy and the effective axionic potential in terms of Minkowski 4-forms derived in string compactifications. The fact that the metric of the 3-form fields coming from string theory is field dependent (unlike in Kaloper-Sorbo) leads to the backreaction issues recently studied in axion monodromy models within string theory. We reanalyse these problems in terms of the 4-forms focusing on the case in which the non-periodic scalars backreact on the Kahler metric of the inflaton reducing the physical field range. In the closed string sector of Type II Calabi-Yau compactifications with fluxes the metric becomes field dependent precisely when $\Delta\phi\sim M_p$, independently of the choice of fluxes. We propose, however, some counter-examples to this universal behaviour by including open string fields.

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F-theory flux vacua at large complex structure

hep-th · 2021-05-19 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

At large complex structure in F-theory, the F-term potential simplifies to V = Z^{AB} ρ_A ρ_B, yielding two families of flux vacua with all complex structure moduli fixed, one with bounded saxion vevs and one with unbounded vevs where N_flux factors into two integers.

Optimal paths across potentials on scalar field space

hep-th · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Optimal transport yields a generalized Wasserstein distance on field space, obtained from a WKB expansion of a Schrödinger equation and extended to dynamical gravity via the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the ADM formalism.

Controlled Penumbral Inflation from Monodromic Valleys

hep-ph · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Local branch data determine controlled inflation in monodromic penumbral valleys when Δ > 0 and p < 2 (or p=2 with large A_pm), with a minimal exactly solvable family provided.

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  • F-theory flux vacua at large complex structure hep-th · 2021-05-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 36 · internal anchor

    At large complex structure in F-theory, the F-term potential simplifies to V = Z^{AB} ρ_A ρ_B, yielding two families of flux vacua with all complex structure moduli fixed, one with bounded saxion vevs and one with unbounded vevs where N_flux factors into two integers.

  • Optimal paths across potentials on scalar field space hep-th · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 22

    Optimal transport yields a generalized Wasserstein distance on field space, obtained from a WKB expansion of a Schrödinger equation and extended to dynamical gravity via the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the ADM formalism.

  • Controlled Penumbral Inflation from Monodromic Valleys hep-ph · 2026-05-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 11

    Local branch data determine controlled inflation in monodromic penumbral valleys when Δ > 0 and p < 2 (or p=2 with large A_pm), with a minimal exactly solvable family provided.