Life on moduli space?

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作者
Hsu, Stephen D. H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oregon, Inst Theoret Sci, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2009年 / 80卷 / 08期
关键词
STABILITY; BINDING;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.80.086012
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
While the number of metastable landscape vacua in string theory is vast, the number of supermoduli vacua which lead to distinct low-energy physics is even larger, perhaps infinitely so. From the anthropic perspective it is therefore important to understand whether complex life is possible on moduli space-i.e., in low-energy effective theories with (1) exact supersymmetry and (2) some massless multiplets (moduli). Unless life is essentially impossible on moduli space as a consequence of these characteristics, anthropic reasoning in string theory suggests that the overwhelming majority of sentient beings would observe 1-2. We investigate whether 1 and 2 are by themselves automatically inimical to life and conclude, tentatively, that they are not. In particular, we describe moduli scenarios in which complex life seems possible.
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