2001/02/26 by Andrew Chamblin, A. Chamblin, Neil D. Lambert +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)00536-6
published as Phys.Lett. B508 (2001) 369-374 · 7 pages LaTeX. We have added some clarifying remarks and also some references. The tone of the paper is slightly less ebullient
arxiv created 2001/02/26 · openalex publication_date 2001/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this note we study a massive IIA supergravity theory obtained in hep-th/9707139 by compactification of M-theory. We point out that de Sitter space in arbitrary dimensions arises naturally as the vacuum of this theory. This explicitly shows how de Sitter space can be embedded into eleven-dimensional supergravity. In addition we discuss the novel way in which this theory avoids various `no-go theorems' which assert that de Sitter space is not a consistent vacua of eleven-dimensional supergravity theory. We also point out that the eight-branes of this theory, which couple electrically to the ten-form, can sweep out de Sitter world-volumes.