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`Fluxbranes: Moduli Stabilisation and Inflation'

Abstract: Fluxbrane inflation is a realization of D-term hybrid inflation
in string theory, featuring some appealing phenomenological characteristics.
In contrast to other brane inflation models, fluxbrane inflation obtains
naturally flat inflaton potential by compactifying on a manifold with large
volume and thus does not rely on strong warping or heavy anisotropy in the
compact space.

In this talk, I will present the most interesting aspects of the model and
discuss recent progress and new challenges regarding moduli stabilisation.
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