Weak gravity bounds in asymptotic string compactifications

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2021)162zbMATH Open1466.83009arXiv2011.08854OpenAlexW3106361392MaRDI QIDQ2044934FDOQ2044934

Thomas W. Grimm, Brice Bastian, Damian van de Heisteeg

Publication date: 10 August 2021

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

Abstract: We study the charge-to-mass ratios of BPS states in four-dimensional $mathcalN=2$ supergravities arising from Calabi-Yau threefold compactifications of Type IIB string theory. We present a formula for the asymptotic charge-to-mass ratio valid for all limits in complex structure moduli space. This is achieved by using the sl(2)-structure that emerges in any such limit as described by asymptotic Hodge theory. The asymptotic charge-to-mass formula applies for sl(2)-elementary states that couple to the graviphoton asymptotically. Using this formula, we determine the radii of the ellipsoid that forms the extremality region of electric BPS black holes, which provides us with a general asymptotic bound on the charge-to-mass ratio for these theories. Finally, we comment on how these bounds for the Weak Gravity Conjecture relate to their counterparts in the asymptotic de Sitter Conjecture and Swampland Distance Conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.08854

zbMATH Keywords

differential and algebraic geometryeffective field theoriessupergravity modelsd-branes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50) Dimensional compactification in quantum field theory (81T33)

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