Non-BPS black branes in M-theory over Calabi-Yau threefolds. (Non-)uniqueness and recombination of non-BPS black strings in single modulus CICY and THCY models (Q2101041)

The Weak Gravity Conjecture states that gravity is always the weakest force, and therefore that all macroscopic, non-supersymmetric objects finally decay into microscopic objects with small charge. It has proven to be instrumental in the formulation of the ``Swampland program''. The current paper studies M-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau threefolds in this context and focuses on the non-BPS objects obtained from wrapping M2 and M5 branes. With explicit examples of 1-modulus Calabi-Yau threefolds, they find that both BPS and non-BPS extremal black hole attractors are always unique for a given, supporting electric charge configuration; moreover, non-BPS black holes are always unstable, and thus they decay into constituent BPS/anti-BPS pairs. This confirms the Weak Gravity Conjecture: macroscopic non-supersymmetric solutions are bound to decay. For black-strings, non-BPS extremal black strings, both for single and multiple solutions, are kinematically stable against decay into their constituent BPS/anti-BPS pairs.