The EFT stringy viewpoint on large distances

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2021)197MaRDI QIDQ2237693zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefano Lanza, L. Martucci, Irene Valenzuela, Fernando Marchesano

Publication date 27 October 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.05726

zbMATH Keywords

flux compactificationssupergravity modelsstring theory and cosmic stringsd-branes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supergravity (83E50)

Abstract: We observe a direct relation between the existence of fundamental axionic strings, dubbed EFT strings, and infinite distance limits in 4d $mathcalN=1$ EFTs coupled to gravity. The backreaction of EFT strings can be interpreted as RG flow of their couplings, and allows one to probe different regimes within the field space of the theory. We propose that any 4d EFT infinite distance limit can be realised as an EFT string flow. We show that along such limits the EFT string becomes asymptotically tensionless, and so the EFT eventually breaks down. This provides an upper bound for the maximal field range of an EFT with a finite cut-off, and reproduces the Swampland Distance Conjecture from a bottom-up perspective. Even if there are typically other towers of particles becoming light, we propose that the mass of the leading tower scales as $m^{2}simmathcal{T}^w$ in Planck units, with $mathcalT$ the EFT string tension and $w$ a positive integer. Our results hold even in the presence of a non-trivial potential, as long as its energy scale remains well below the cut-off. We check both proposals for large classes of 4d $mathcalN=1$ string compactifications, finding that only the values $w=1,2,3$ are realised.

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