De Sitter versus Anti de Sitter flows and the (super)gravity landscape

Abstract

Generic solutions are studied in Einstein-scalar gravity in an ansatz that can interpolate between de Sitter and Anti-de Sitter regimes. The classification of regular solutions of [1, 2] is first extended to the dS regime. This implies, among others, the existence of cosmic clocks that reverse direction without passing through a curvature singularity. We then consider an ansatz for solutions that interpolate between the dS and AdS regimes. The structure of such more general solutions and their singularities are studied. It is shown that there are no regular solutions that interpolate between dS and AdS extrema for generic potentials. This is unlike the Centaur solutions that were shown to exist in two bulk dimensions. We also comment on the potential interplay with recent dS conjectures and the dS BF bounds.