On the critical points of the entropic principle

2006/02/10 by Bartomeu Fiol · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Geometry and complex manifolds #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/03/054

published as JHEP0603:054,2006 · 11 pages

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Abstract

In a recent paper, hep-th/0509109, Gukov et al. introduced an entropy functional on the moduli space of Calabi-Yau compactifications. The maxima of this functional are then interpreted as "preferred" Calabi-Yau compactifications. In this note we show that for compact Calabi-Yaus, all regular critical points of this entropic principle are maxima.

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