Lectures on the swampland program in string compactifications

DOI10.1016/j.physrep.2022.09.002OpenAlexW3126175092MaRDI QIDQ2092479

Delaram Mirfendereski, Irene Valenzuela, Marieke van Beest, José Calderón-Infante

Publication date: 2 November 2022

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.01111

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitystring theorystring phenomenologystring compactificationsweak gravity conjectureswampland

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) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01) Compactification of analytic spaces (32J05) Effective quantum field theories (81T12)

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