A Note on the dS Swampland Conjecture, Non‐BPS Branes and K‐Theory

DOI10.1002/PROP.201900068MaRDI QIDQ6085880zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Ralph Blumenhagen, Max Brinkmann, Andriana Makridou

Publication date 8 November 2023

Published in Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.06078

zbMATH Keywords

string theoryswampland conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: We point out that the de Sitter swampland conjecture would be falsified if classical fluxed Type IIA orientifold vacua with a single non-BPS D7-brane were indeed part of the string theory landscape. In other words, the dS swampland conjecture implies the cancellation of K-theory charges on a compact space.

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