The Swampland: Introduction and Review

DOI10.1002/PROP.201900037zbMath1527.83096arXiv1903.06239WikidataQ128009214 ScholiaQ128009214MaRDI QIDQ6064119

Publication date: 8 November 2023

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Swampland program aims to distinguish effective theories which can be completed into quantum gravity in the ultraviolet from those which cannot. This article forms an introduction to the field, assuming only a knowledge of quantum field theory and general relativity. It also forms a comprehensive review, covering the range of ideas that are part of the field, from the Weak Gravity Conjecture, through compactifications of String Theory, to the de Sitter conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.06239

zbMATH Keywords

gravity string theory swampland conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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