A novel construction of de Sitter vacua in heterotic string theory

Abstract

We present a concrete string-theoretic mechanism that generates four-dimensional de Sitter vacua from non-geometric R-flux compactifications of heterotic string theory. The construction rests on three pillars: the Malcev algebra generated by the R-flux phase-space brackets; its universal Sabinin envelope, which ensures a consistent non-associative gauge structure in doubled geometry; and the leading alpha-prime torsion-squared correction to the heterotic action, whose strictly positive contribution uplifts the scalar potential. Positivity, guaranteed by Sabinin-algebra identities, stabilizes the overall breathing mode at positive energy, yielding a controlled metastable de Sitter scenario within heterotic effective field theory when supplemented by a standard hidden-sector gaugino-condensation uplift.