Tensionless strings and the weak gravity conjecture

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2018)164zbMath1402.83023arXiv1808.05958OpenAlexW2950691641WikidataQ122999861 ScholiaQ122999861MaRDI QIDQ1627387

Wolfgang Lerche, Seung-Joo Lee, Timo Weigand

Publication date: 22 November 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.05958

zbMATH Keywords

F-theorytopological stringssuperstrings and heterotic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35)

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