2011/11/01 by Tianjun Li, James A. Maxin, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos +1 · 17 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Higgs boson #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum mechanics #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #Universe #astro-ph.CO #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x12501217
published in International Journal of Modern Physics A 27(22), 1250121 (World Scientific) · 15 Pages, 7 Figures, 1 Table
arxiv created 2011/11/01 · arxiv updated 2012/08/20 · openalex publication_date 2012/08/24 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We evolve our Multiverse Blueprints to characterize our local neighborhood of the String Landscape and the Multiverse of plausible string, M- and F-theory vacua. Building upon the tripodal foundations of (i) the Flipped SU(5) Grand Unified Theory (GUT), (ii) extra TeV-Scale vector-like multiplets derived out of F-theory, and (iii) the dynamics of No-Scale supergravity, together dubbed No-Scale [Formula: see text], we demonstrate the existence of a continuous family of solutions which might adeptly describe the dynamics of distinctive universes. This Multiverse landscape of [Formula: see text] solutions, which we shall refer to as the [Formula: see text]-Landscape, accommodates a subset of universes compatible with the presently known experimental uncertainties of our own universe. We show that by secondarily minimizing the minimum of the scalar Higgs potential of each solution within the [Formula: see text]-Landscape, a continuous hypervolume of distinct minimum minimorum can be engineered which comprise a regional dominion of universes, with our own universe cast as the bellwether. We conjecture that an experimental signal at the LHC of the No-Scale [Formula: see text] framework's applicability to our own universe might sensibly be extrapolated as corroborating evidence for the role of string, M- and F-theory as a master theory of the Multiverse, with No-Scale supergravity as a crucial and pervasive reinforcing structure.