Validity of the effective field theory for sharply varying warp-factor parameters

Determine whether the effective field theory description remains valid for heterotic SO(32) de Sitter Glauber–Sudarshan states with a rapidly varying parameter \(\beta(t)\), particularly when \(|\dot{\beta}(t)|\gg 1\), by establishing whether the associated exponent \(\mathrm{B}(t)\) satisfies the required effective-field-theory bound.

Background

In the heterotic SO(32) analysis, the time-dependent warp-factor exponent β(t)\beta(t) modifies the derivative of the effective string coupling. The effective field theory criterion depends on the sign and magnitude of a derived function B(t)\mathrm{B}(t), which in turn depends on the precise value of ∣β˙(t)∣|\dot{\beta}(t)|.

For sufficiently smooth choices of β(t)\beta(t), the thesis later exhibits an ansatz satisfying the effective-field-theory constraint throughout the TCC interval. However, the sharply varying regime is explicitly left indeterminate in the cited passage.

References

In this case, we cannot make a definitive statement about the validity of the effective field theory, since this would require detailed knowledge of the magnitude \lvert \mathrm{B}(t) \rvert.

— Realisation of de Sitter space as an excited state in string theory  (2610.20301 - Maji, 14 Oct 2026) in Section 3, “NEC in heterotic SO(32) string theory”