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We perform a Kaluza-Klein reduction of IIB supergravity including purely gravitational α′3-corrections on a Calabi-Yau threefold, and perform the orientifold projection accounting for the presence of O3/O7-planes. We consider infinitesimal Kähler deformations of the Calabi-Yau background and derive the complete set of four-derivative couplings quadratic in these fluctuations coupled to gravity. In particular, we find four-derivative couplings of the Kähler moduli fields in the four-dimensional effective supergravity theory, which are referred to as friction couplings in the context of inflation.
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Weissenbacher, M. On four-derivative terms in IIB Calabi-Yau orientifold reductions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 63 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)063
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