Compactification Effects in D-brane Inflation
  We determine the scalar potential for a D3-brane in a warped conifold
background subject to general ultraviolet perturbations. Incorporating the
effects of imaginary anti-self-dual (IASD) fluxes and four-dimensional
curvature at the nonlinear level, we compute the leading terms in the D3-brane
potential. We then provide strong cross-checks of our results by reproducing
them in the dual gauge theory. Finally, we observe that the D3-brane potential
induced by nonperturbative effects on D7-branes can be represented by a
ten-dimensional supergravity solution containing suitable IASD fluxes. Our
method allows for the systematic inclusion of compactification effects and
serves to constrain the D3-brane effective action in a large class of
stabilized compactifications.
