Swampland constraints on field ranges and naturalness...QFT of scalars and fermions First guess:...
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Swampland constraints on field ranges and naturalness
Irene ValenzuelaUtrecht University
50 years of the Veneziano modelGalileo Galilei Institute, Firenze, May 2018
Ibanez,Martin-Lozano,IV [arXiv:1706.05392 [hep-th]]
Ibanez,Martin-Lozano,IV [arXiv: 1707.05811 [hep-th]]
Grimm,Palti,IV [arXiv:1802.08264 [hep-th]]
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50 years of the Veneziano Model:From Dual Models to Strings, M-theory and Beyond
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50 years of the Veneziano Model:From Dual Models to Strings, M-theory and Beyond
What can String Theory tell us about our universe?
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50 years of the Veneziano Model:From Dual Models to Strings, M-theory and Beyond
What can String Theory tell us about our universe?
What questions would we like to answer?
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MGUT
Ms
Mp
MEW
1019
1016
102
100
10�3
10�11
me
⇤QCD
...
...
m⌫ ⇠ ⇤1/4
GeVSuccessful Standard Model of Particle Physics and Cosmology!
IR effective theory not very sensitive to UV physics
Expectation of ‘separation of scales’:
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MGUT
Ms
Mp
MEW
1019
1016
102
100
10�3
10�11
me
⇤QCD
...
...
m⌫ ⇠ ⇤1/4
GeVSuccessful Standard Model of Particle Physics and Cosmology!
IR effective theory not very sensitive to UV physics
Expectation of ‘separation of scales’:
Shall we care about Quantum Gravity?
Any implication for low energy physics?
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MGUT
Ms
Mp
MEW
1019
1016
102
100
10�3
10�11
me
⇤QCD
...
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m⌫ ⇠ ⇤1/4
GeVSuccessful Standard Model of Particle Physics and Cosmology!
IR effective theory not very sensitive to UV physics
Expectation of ‘separation of scales’:
This picture fails!
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MGUT
Ms
Mp
MEW
1019
1016
102
100
10�3
10�11
me
⇤QCD
...
...
m⌫ ⇠ ⇤1/4
GeVSuccessful Standard Model of Particle Physics and Cosmology!
IR effective theory not very sensitive to UV physics
Expectation of ‘separation of scales’:
This picture fails!
Cosmological constant
EW hierarchy problem
Naturalness problems:
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MGUT
Ms
Mp
MEW
1019
1016
102
100
10�3
10�11
me
⇤QCD
...
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m⌫ ⇠ ⇤1/4
GeV
Absence of new physics is also a hint!
Naturalness is not a good guiding principle to progress in high energy physics…
new ideas?
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MGUT
Ms
Mp
MEW
1019
1016
102
100
10�3
10�11
me
⇤QCD
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m⌫ ⇠ ⇤1/4
GeV
Absence of new physics is also a hint!
Naturalness is not a good guiding principle to progress in high energy physics…
new ideas?
Quantum gravity constraints?
UV/IR mixing induced by gravity?
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String Landscape
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Landscape
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Landscape
Swampland[Vafa’06]
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Not everything is consistent with quantum gravity!What distinguishes the landscape from the swampland?
Landscape
Swampland[Vafa’06]
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What are the constraints that an effective theory must satisfy to be consistent with quantum gravity?
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QFT of scalars and fermions
First guess: Anomalies
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QFT of scalars and fermions
First guess: Anomalies
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
Anomaly constraints
example. QFT of one fermion with SU(2) global symmetry
There is a Witten anomaly when coupling the theory to a gauge field!
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QFT of scalars and fermions
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
+ gravityAnomaly constraints
First guess: Anomalies
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QFT of scalars and fermions
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
+ gravityAnomaly constraints
Gravitational anomalies are not enough
First guess: Anomalies
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QFT of scalars and fermions
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
QFT of scalars and fermions+ gauge fields
+ gravityAnomaly constraints
Gravitational anomalies are not enough
First guess: Anomalies
Not every apparently consistent (anomaly-free) effective theory can be UV embedded in quantum gravity
UV imprint = Quantum Gravity/String Theory predictions!
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Quantum Gravity Conjectures
Motivated by observing recurrent features of the string landscape and “model building failures”, as well as black hole physics
Formal ST
StringPheno
They can have significant implications in low energy physics!
Absence of global symmetries
Weak Gravity Conjecture
Swampland Distance Conjecture
…
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
[Banks-Dixon’88]
[Ooguri-Vafa’06]
[Horowitz,Strominger,Seiberg…][Abbott,Wise,Coleman,Lee…]
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1) Weak Gravity Conjecture
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Weak Gravity Conjecture
Given an abelian gauge field, there must exist an electrically charged particle with
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
so gravity acts weaker than the gauge force.
(mass) (charge)
m Q
in order to allow extremal black holes to decay.
Original motivation:
(see also [Aalsma,van de Schaar’18])
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Weak Gravity Conjecture[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
Given an abelian gauge field, there must exist an electrically charged particle with
so gravity acts weaker than the gauge force.
(mass) (charge)
m Q
Evidence:
- Plethora of examples in string theory (not known counter-example)
- Relation to modular invariance of the 2d CFT
- Relation to entropy bounds
- Relation to cosmic censorship
[Heidenreich et al’16]
[Montero et al’16]
[Cottrell et al’16]
[Crisford et al’17]
[Fisher et al’17] [Cheung et al’18]
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Weak GravityConjecture
Non-susy AdS vacua are unstable
Applied to fluxes
Cosmological constant and SM
neutrinos
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
Large field inflation
Axionicdecay constant
Applied to axions
No dual CFT
f < Mp
Cosmological relaxation
[Ooguri-Vafa’16][Freivogel-Kleban’16]
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Weak Gravity Conjecture for fluxes
Given a p-form gauge field, there must exist an electrically charged state with
T Q T :
Q :
tension (mass)
charge
Sharpened WGC: Bound is saturated only for a BPS state in a SUSY theory[Ooguri-Vafa’17]
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
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Weak Gravity Conjecture for fluxes
Given a p-form gauge field, there must exist an electrically charged state with
T Q T :
Q :
tension (mass)
charge
Sharpened WGC: Bound is saturated only for a BPS state in a SUSY theory[Ooguri-Vafa’17]
Non-susy vacuum supported by internal fluxes
f0 ⇠Z
⌃p
Fp
Brane (domain wall) with
Instability of the vacuum!
T < Q
[Maldacena et al.’99]
AdS with less flux
AdS vacuum
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
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Given a p-form gauge field, there must exist an electrically charged state with
T Q T :
Q :
tension (mass)
charge
Sharpened WGC: Bound is saturated only for a BPS state in a SUSY theory[Ooguri-Vafa’17]
Non-susy vacuum supported by internal fluxes
f0 ⇠Z
⌃p
Fp
Brane (domain wall) with
Instability of the vacuum!
T < Q
[Maldacena et al.’99]
AdS vacuum
AdS with less flux
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
Weak Gravity Conjecture for fluxes
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Given a p-form gauge field, there must exist an electrically charged state with
T Q T :
Q :
tension (mass)
charge
Sharpened WGC: Bound is saturated only for a BPS state in a SUSY theory
Non-susy AdS vacua (supported by fluxes) are unstable
[Ooguri-Vafa’17]
Non-susy vacuum supported by internal fluxes
f0 ⇠Z
⌃p
Fp
Brane (domain wall) with
Instability of the vacuum!
T < Q
[Maldacena et al.’99]
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
Weak Gravity Conjecture for fluxes
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Non-susy AdS vacua are at best metastable
Implications:
Unstable AdS vacua have no dual CFT AdS/CFT:
[Freivogel-Kleban’16]
[Ooguri-Vafa’16]
Non-susy CFT cannot have a gravity dual which is Einstein gravity AdS
Low energy physics?
Non-susy stable AdS vacua are in the Swampland!
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exponentially suppressed for
+ Casimir energy
tree-level one-loop corrections
Compactification of the SM to 3d
Standard Model + Gravity on :S1
m � 1/R
Depending on the light mass spectra and the cosmological constant,we can get AdS, Minkowski or dS vacua in 3d
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’07] (also [Arnold-Fornal-Wise’10])
V (R) =2⇡⇤4
R2
We should not get stable non-susy AdS vacua from compactifying the SM !!!(background independence)
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exponentially suppressed for
+ Casimir energy
tree-level one-loop corrections
Compactification of the SM to 3d
Standard Model + Gravity on :S1
m � 1/R
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’07] (also [Arnold-Fornal-Wise’10])
V (R) =2⇡⇤4
R2
We impose the absence of non-susy stable 3d AdS vacua
Constraints on light spectra of SM
Assumption: 4d instabilities are not transferred to 3d Rbuble > lAdS3 (large bubbles)
[Ibanez,Martin-Lozano,IV’17]
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� 4
720⇡R6
Compactification of the SM to 3d
Dirac neutrinos
Standard Model + Gravity on :S1 massive particles: neutrinos,…
Majorana neutrinos
The more massive the neutrinos, the deeper the AdS vacuum
+X
i
(2⇡R)
R3(�1)sini⇢i(R)V (R) =
2⇡⇤4
R2
graviton, photon
[Ibanez,Martin-Lozano,IV’17] (see also [Hamada-Shiu’17])
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Compactification of the SM to 3d
Dirac neutrinos
Standard Model + Gravity on :S1
Majorana neutrinos
The more massive the neutrinos, the deeper the AdS vacuum
Absence of AdS vacua implies:
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Compactification of the SM to 3d
Dirac neutrinos
Standard Model + Gravity on :S1
The more massive the neutrinos, the deeper the AdS vacuum
Majorana neutrinos ruled out!
Absence of AdS vacua implies:
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Compactification of the SM to 3d
Standard Model + Gravity on :S1
Majorana neutrinos ruled out!
Upper bound for Dirac mass!
m⌫1 < 2.1 meV (IH)
m⌫1 < 7.7 meV (NH)
Absence of AdS vacua implies:
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⇤4 � a(nf )30(⌃m2i )
2 � b(nf ,mi)⌃m4i
384⇡2
Lower bound on the cosmological constant
The bound for scales as m4⌫⇤4 (as observed experimentally)
First argument (not based on cosmology) to have ⇤4 6= 0
for Majorana (Dirac)a(nf ) = 0.184(0.009)
b(nf ,mi) = 5.72(0.29)with
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Upper bound on the EW scale
M = 1010 GeV, Y = 10�3 Y = 10�14
Majorana case: hHi .p2
Y⌫1
pM⇤1/4 hHi . 1.6
⇤1/4
Y⌫1
Dirac case:
Parameters leading to a higher EW scale do not yield theories consistent with quantum gravity
No EW hierarchy problem
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2) Swampland Distance Conjecture
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Swampland Distance Conjecture
An effective theory is valid only for a finite scalar field variation
because an infinite tower of states become exponentially light
when
��
�� ! 1
[Ooguri-Vafa’06]
L = gij(�)@�i@�j scalar manifold
P
Q
��
geodesic distance between P and Q
�� =
�1
�2 m(P ) . m(Q)e����
m ⇠ m0e����
Consider the moduli space of an effective theory:
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Swampland Distance Conjecture
An effective theory is valid only for a finite scalar field variation
because an infinite tower of states become exponentially light
when
��
�� ! 1
[Ooguri-Vafa’06]
m ⇠ m0e����
⇤
cut-o↵
⇠ ⇤
0
exp(����)
This signals the breakdown of the effective theory:
��
⇤QFT
⇤QG
⇤QFT2
E
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Swampland Distance Conjecture [Ooguri-Vafa’06]
Potential implications for inflation!
Large field inflation is at the edge of validity (large field range and high energy)
Also applies to axions of Type II flux compactifications realising axion monodromy (upon taking into account back-reaction on kinetic term)
[Baume,Palti'16][I.V.,’16]
Examples compatible with the Refined SDC:
exponential drop-off at the Planck scale
[Klaewer,Palti'16]
�� . Mp
Evidence: based on particular examples in string theory compactifications
[Baume,Palti'16] [I.V.,’16] [Bielleman,Ibanez,Pedro,I.V.,Wieck’16] [Blumenhagen,I.V.,Wolf’17][Hebecker,Henkenjohann,Witkowski’17] [Cicoli,Ciupke,Mayhrofer,Shukla’18][Blumenhagen et al.’18]
[Ooguri,Vafa’06]
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[Grimm,Palti,IV.’18]
Systematic analysis in the complex structure moduli space of Type IIB Calabi-Yau string compactifications
singular locus
P
Q
Any trajectory approaching P has infinite length
Infinite distance locus:T
Infinite tower of states: BPS D3 branesThe mass decreases exponentially fast in the field distance (due to the universal behaviour of the metric near these points)
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[Grimm,Palti,IV.’18]
Systematic analysis in the complex structure moduli space of Type IIB Calabi-Yau string compactifications
singular locus
P
Q
Any trajectory approaching P has infinite length
Infinite distance locus:T
Infinite tower of states: BPS D3 branesThe mass decreases exponentially fast in the field distance (due to the universal behaviour of the metric near these points)
SDC as a quantum gravity obstruction to restore a global axionic symmetry at the singular point
Infinite field distance is emergent from integrating out the infinite tower of states (see also [Heidenreich,Reece,Rudelius’18])
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[Grimm,Palti,IV.’18]
Systematic analysis in the complex structure moduli space of Type IIB Calabi-Yau string compactifications
Infinite distance singularity Finite distance
singularity
Infinite tower of massless BPS states
Finite number of massless BPS states
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[Grimm,Palti,IV.’18]
Systematic analysis in the complex structure moduli space of Type IIB Calabi-Yau string compactifications
Infinite distance singularity Finite distance
singularity
Infinite tower of massless BPS states
Finite number of massless BPS states
Monodromy transformationMonodromy orbit of states
Field distanceKey ingredient:
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singular locus
P
Q
T
Nilpotent orbit theorem
Distances given by: d�(P,Q) =
Z
�
pgIJ x
Ix
Jds
gIJ = @zI@zJK
K = � log
✓�iD
Z
YD
⌦ ^ ¯
⌦
◆
Periods of the (D,0)-form: ⇧I =
Z
�I
⌦
⇧(e2⇡iz) = T ·⇧(z)transform under monodromy (remnant of higher dimensional gauge symmetries)
Im(t) ! 1
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singular locus
P
Q
T
Nilpotent orbit theorem
Distances given by: d�(P,Q) =
Z
�
pgIJ x
Ix
Jds
gIJ = @zI@zJK
K = � log
✓�iD
Z
YD
⌦ ^ ¯
⌦
◆
Periods of the (D,0)-form: ⇧I =
Z
�I
⌦
⇧(e2⇡iz) = T ·⇧(z)transform under monodromy (remnant of higher dimensional gauge symmetries)
Im(t) ! 1
It gives local expression for the periods near singular locus!
Nilpotent orbit theorem:
Nilpotent matrix
⇧(t, ⌘) = exp (tN) a0(⌘) + O(e2⇡it, ⌘) N = log T
[Schmid’73] t =1
2⇡ilog z
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1) Infinite distances only if monodromy is of infinite order
Infinite distances - Infinite towers
P is at infinite distance Na0 6= 0Theorem:[Wang’97, Lee’16]
2) Monodromy can be used to populate an infinite orbit of BPS states
Mass given by central charge: Z = eKq ·⇧ q = (qIe , qmI )
3) Universal local form of the metric gives the exponential mass behaviour
Mq(P )
Mq(Q)
' exp
✓� 1p
2dd�(P,Q)
◆
qm = Tmq m 2 Zq0q1
qm...
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Infinite massless monodromy orbit at the singularity
Infinite tower of states becoming exponentially light
Swampland Distance ConjectureqTN ja0 = 0 , j � d/2
Nq 6= 0
Tool: mathematical machinery of mixed hodge structure
(finer split of cohomology at the singularity adapted to N)
✓
[Deligne][Schmid][Cattani,Kaplan,Schmid][Kerr,Pearlstein,Robles’17]
Massless:
Infinite orbit:
Infinite distances - Infinite towers
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Emergence from integrating out the states
periods near conifold have log-divergence from integrating out a single BPS D3-stateFamous story:
We perform similar analysis at infinite distance singularities:
One-loop corrections from integrating out the tower of BPS states
matches geometric result
[Strominger'95]
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Emergence from integrating out the states
periods near conifold have log-divergence from integrating out a single BPS D3-stateFamous story:
We perform similar analysis at infinite distance singularities:
One-loop corrections from integrating out the tower of BPS states
matches geometric result
Corrections to the field metric:
d(�1,�2) ' C
Z �2
�1
vuutSX
i=1
(@�mi)2d� ' C
Z �2
�1
dp12c
1
�d� = C
dp12c
log
✓�2
�1
◆
[Strominger'95]
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Emergence from integrating out the states
periods near conifold have log-divergence from integrating out a single BPS D3-stateFamous story:
We perform similar analysis at infinite distance singularities:
One-loop corrections from integrating out the tower of BPS states
matches geometric result
Corrections to the gauge kinetic function:
Im N IRIJ ' Im NUV
IJ �SX
k
✓8 qk,Iqk,J
3⇡2log
⇤UV
mk
◆g2YM ⇠ ��n ⇠ m2n
0
(unlike conifold )g2YM ⇠ 1/ log(m0)
Corrections to the field metric:
d(�1,�2) ' C
Z �2
�1
vuutSX
i=1
(@�mi)2d� ' C
Z �2
�1
dp12c
1
�d� = C
dp12c
log
✓�2
�1
◆
[Strominger'95]
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Emergence from integrating out the states
periods near conifold have log-divergence from integrating out a single BPS D3-stateFamous story:
We perform similar analysis at infinite distance singularities:
One-loop corrections from integrating out the tower of BPS states
matches geometric result
Corrections to the gauge kinetic function:
Im N IRIJ ' Im NUV
IJ �SX
k
✓8 qk,Iqk,J
3⇡2log
⇤UV
mk
◆g2YM ⇠ ��n ⇠ m2n
0
(unlike conifold )g2YM ⇠ 1/ log(m0)
Corrections to the field metric:
d(�1,�2) ' C
Z �2
�1
vuutSX
i=1
(@�mi)2d� ' C
Z �2
�1
dp12c
1
�d� = C
dp12c
log
✓�2
�1
◆
Infinite distance and weak coupling emerge from integrating out an infinite tower of states!
[Strominger'95]
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Emergence from integrating out the states
periods near conifold have log-divergence from integrating out a single BPS D3-stateFamous story:
We perform similar analysis at infinite distance singularities:
One-loop corrections from integrating out the tower of BPS states
matches geometric result
Field dependent UV cut-off!
S =⇤UV
�m(�)
⇤UV =MppS
UV cut-off decreases exponentially fast in the proper field distance
} ⇤UV (�) ⇠ �m(�)1/3
[Strominger'95]
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Consistency with quantum gravity implies constraints on low energy physics:
Lower bound on the cosmological const. of order the neutrino masses
Upper bound on the EW scale in terms of the cosmological const.
1) AdS Instability Conjecture + stability of 3D SM vacua:
New approach to fine-tuning or hierarchy problems? UV/IR mixing? (see also [Luest-Palti’17])
Summary
Generalizations:
New light particles, supersymmetry…BSM extensions: [Ibanez,Martin-Lozano,IV’17] [Gonzalo,Herraez,Ibanez’18]
Toroidal, orbifolds…2d compactifications: [Ibanez,Martin-Lozano,IV’17] [Gonzalo,Herraez,Ibanez’18]
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2) Swampland Distance Conjecture:
Upper bound on the scalar field range:
Summary
Implications for inflation!
Test in the complex structure moduli space of CY IIB compactifications✓
Our results are valid for any CY (model-independent)(but only for infinite distance points that belong to a single singular divisor)
• Infinite order monodromy as generator of the infinite tower
Generalizations:
Other moduli spaces?
• Emergence of infinite field distance
Consistency with quantum gravity implies constraints on low energy physics:
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Thank you!
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back-up slides
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Weak GravityConjecture
Axionicdecay constant
Applied to axions
Non-susy AdS vacua are unstable
No dual CFT
Cosmological constant and SM
neutrinos
f < Mp
[Arkani-Hamed et al.’06]
[Ooguri-Vafa’16][Freivogel-Kleban’16]
Applied to fluxes
Large field inflation
Swampland DistanceConjecture
Scalar field range⇤
cut-o↵
⇠ ⇤
0
exp(����)
Cosmological relaxation
Applied to scalars
Quantum Gravity Conjectures[Ooguri-Vafa’06]
[Baume,Klaewer,Palti’16]
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Casimir energy
V (R) =2⇡r3⇤4
R2+X
i
(2⇡R)r3
R3(�1)sini⇢i(R)
⇢(R) = ⌥1X
n=1
2m4
(2⇡)2K2(2⇡Rmn)
(2⇡Rmn)2
⇢(R) = ⌥
⇡2
90(2⇡R)4� ⇡2
6(2⇡R)4(mR)2 +
⇡2
48(2⇡R)4(mR)4 +O(mR)6
�For small mR:
Casimir energy density:
Potential energy in 3d:
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Adding BSM physics
For :
Light fermions
Positive Casimir contribution helps to avoid AdS vacuum
Majorana neutrinos are consistent if adding m� . 2 meV
m� = 0.1 meVexample.
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Adding BSM physics
Axions
1 axion: negative contribution bounds get stronger
Multiple axions: can destabilise AdS vacuum
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Bounds on the SM + light BSM physics
Model Majorana (NI) Majorana (IH) Dirac (NH) Dirac (IH)SM (3D) no no m⌫1 7.7⇥ 10�3 m⌫3 2.56⇥ 10�3
SM(2D) no no m⌫1 4.12⇥ 10�3 m⌫3 1.0⇥ 10�3
SM+Weyl(3D) m⌫1 0.9⇥ 10�2 m⌫3 3⇥ 10�3 m⌫1 1.5⇥ 10�2 m⌫3 1.2⇥ 10�2
mf 1.2⇥ 10�2 mf 4⇥ 10�3
SM+Weyl(2D) m⌫1 0.5⇥ 10�2 m⌫3 1⇥ 10�3 m⌫1 0.9⇥ 10�2 m⌫3 0.7⇥ 10�2
mf 0.4⇥ 10�2 mf 2⇥ 10�3
SM+Dirac(3D) mf 2⇥ 10�2 mf 1⇥ 10�2 yes yesSM+Dirac(2D) mf 0.9⇥ 10�2 mf 0.9⇥ 10�2 yes yesSM+1 axion(3D) no no m⌫1 7.7⇥ 10�3 m⌫3 2.5⇥ 10�3
ma � 5⇥ 10�2
SM+1 axion(2D) no no m⌫1 4.0⇥ 10�3 m⌫3 1⇥ 10�3
ma � 2⇥ 10�2
� 2(10) axions yes yes yes yes
Compactifications of SM on T2qualitatively similar, but a bit stronger
(see also [Hamada-Shiu’17])
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BPS states and stability
qC = qB + qA MqC MqB +MqA
' (A) =
1
⇡Im logZqA
' (B)� ' (A) = 1
'I ! 'I +O✓
1
Im t
◆, 'II ! 'II + 2 +O
✓1
Im t
◆
Does a BPS state cross a wall of marginal stability upon circling the monodromy locus?
Consider:
Wall of marginal stability: with
Upon circling the monodromy locus:
Type I state can only decay to I-II or II-II states!
Under n monodromy transformations:
'I ! 'I �n
⇡Im tNumber of BPS states
n ⇠ Im (t)
MQ = M/MIIStable massless states:
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Infinite distances
singular locus
P
Q
T
Nilpotent orbit theorem:
Local form of the metric:
Nilpotent matrix
⇧(t, ⌘) = exp (tN) a0(⌘) + O(e2⇡it, ⌘)
N = log Tt =
1
2⇡ilog z
(T of infinite order)
Im(t) ! 1
gtt =d
Im(t)2+ . . .
Nda0 6= 0 Nd+1a0 = 0where d is an integer s.t. ,
[Schmid’73]
P is at infinite distance Na0 6= 0
d > 0(i.e. )Theorem:
[Wang’97, Lee’16]
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}Exponential mass behaviour:
Monodromy orbit of states:
If T is of infinite order
Infinite tower of states
Candidates: BPS wrapping D3-branes
Mass given by central charge: Z = eKq ·⇧ q = (qIe , qmI )
qm = Tmq m 2 Z
Starting wth one state, we generate infinitely many!
Z 'P
j1j! (Im t)jqTN ja0
(2d/d!)1/2(Im t)d/2
d�(P,Q) =
Z P
Q
pgtt|dt| ⇠
p2
2
log(Im t)|PQ
Mq(P )
Mq(Q)
' exp
✓� 1p
2dd�(P,Q)
◆
Nq 6= 0
Massless condition: qTN ja0 = 0 , j � d/2 subtleties regarding stability and counting of BPS states