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SUMMARY:Fluxbrane Inflation - Kraus\, S (Universitt Heidelberg)
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Fluxbrane inflation (arXiv:1104.5016) is a recently proposed s
 tringy realisation of D-term hybrid inflation\, featuring some appealing p
 henomenological characteristics. In contrast to other brane inflation mode
 ls\, fluxbrane inflation has a naturally flat inflaton potential at leadin
 g order and thus does not rely on strong warping or an extremely anisotrop
 ic compact space. Additionally\, the scenario contains a mechanism which a
 llows one to avoid the clash with observational bounds due to cosmic strin
 g production rather easily. In my talk\, I will present the most interesti
 ng aspects of the model and\, furthermore\, discuss recent progress and ne
 w challenges regarding moduli stabilisation (in the context of the LARGE v
 olume scenario) as well as the impact of higher-order corrections on the f
 latness of the inflaton potential.\n\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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