Dense geodesics, tower alignment, and the Sharpened Distance Conjecture

被引:3
作者
Etheredge, Muldrow [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
关键词
String and Brane Phenomenology; M-Theory; P-Branes;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP01(2024)122
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
The Sharpened Distance Conjecture and Tower Scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture are closely related but distinct conjectures, neither one implying the other. Motivated by examples, I propose that both are consequences of two new conjectures: 1. The infinite distance geodesics passing through an arbitrary point phi in the moduli space populate a dense set of directions in the tangent space at phi. 2. Along any infinite distance geodesic, there exists a tower of particles whose scalar-charge-to-mass ratio (- backward difference log m) projection everywhere along the geodesic is greater than or equal to 1/d-2\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ 1/\sqrt{d-2} $$\end{document}. I perform several nontrivial tests of these new conjectures in maximal and half-maximal supergravity examples. I also use the Tower Scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture to conjecture a sharp bound on exponentially heavy towers that accompany infinite distance limits.
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