No forbidden landscape in string/M-theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2010)030zbMATH Open1269.81145arXiv0909.4297WikidataQ59255176 ScholiaQ59255176MaRDI QIDQ359119FDOQ359119

Authors: Yu Nakayama 

Publication date: 9 August 2013

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

Abstract: Scale invariant but non-conformal field theories are forbidden in (1+1) dimension, and so should be the corresponding holographic dual gravity theories. We conjecture that such scale invariant but non-conformal field configurations do not exist in the string/M-theory. We provide a proof of this conjecture in the classical supergravity limit under a certain gauge condition. Our proof does also apply in higher dimensional scale invariant but non-conformal field configurations, which suggests that scale invariant but non-conformal field theories may be forbidden in higher dimensions as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4297

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zbMATH Keywords

AdS-CFT correspondenceconformal and W symmetrymodels of quantum gravityM-Theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Supergravity (83E50)

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