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arxiv: 1003.6011 · v3 · pith:RQQP4CTHnew · submitted 2010-03-31 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Applications of an exact counting formula in the Bousso-Polchinski Landscape

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qc
keywords countingformulalandscapeapplicationsbousso-polchinskiconstantcosmologicalexact
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The Bousso-Polchinski (BP) Landscape is a proposal for solving the Cosmological Constant Problem. The solution requires counting the states in a very thin shell in flux space. We find an exact formula for this counting problem which has two simple asymptotic regime one of them being the method of counting low $\Lambda$ states given originally by Bousso and Polchinski. We finally give some applications of the extended formula: a robust property of the Landscape which can be identified with an effective occupation number, an estimator for the minimum cosmological constant and a possible influence on the KKLT stabilization mechanism.

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