Taxonomy of Infinite Distance Limits

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Autori principali: Etheredge, Muldrow, Heidenreich, Ben, Rudelius, Tom, Ruiz, Ignacio, Valenzuela, Irene
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Etheredge, Muldrow
Heidenreich, Ben
Rudelius, Tom
Ruiz, Ignacio
Valenzuela, Irene
author_facet Etheredge, Muldrow
Heidenreich, Ben
Rudelius, Tom
Ruiz, Ignacio
Valenzuela, Irene
contents The Emergent String Conjecture constrains the possible types of light towers in infinite-distance limits in quantum gravity moduli spaces. In this paper, we use these constraints to restrict the geometry of the scalar charge-to-mass vectors $(-\vec{\nabla}\log m)$ of the light towers and the analogous vector $(-\vec{\nabla}\logΛ_{\text{QG}})$ of the species scale. We derive taxonomic rules that these vectors must satisfy in each duality frame. Under certain assumptions, this allows us to classify the ways in which different duality frames can fit together globally in the moduli space in terms of a finite list of polytopes. Many of these polytopes arise in known string theory compactifications, while others suggest either undiscovered corners of the landscape or new swampland constraints.
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spellingShingle Taxonomy of Infinite Distance Limits
Etheredge, Muldrow
Heidenreich, Ben
Rudelius, Tom
Ruiz, Ignacio
Valenzuela, Irene
High Energy Physics - Theory
The Emergent String Conjecture constrains the possible types of light towers in infinite-distance limits in quantum gravity moduli spaces. In this paper, we use these constraints to restrict the geometry of the scalar charge-to-mass vectors $(-\vec{\nabla}\log m)$ of the light towers and the analogous vector $(-\vec{\nabla}\logΛ_{\text{QG}})$ of the species scale. We derive taxonomic rules that these vectors must satisfy in each duality frame. Under certain assumptions, this allows us to classify the ways in which different duality frames can fit together globally in the moduli space in terms of a finite list of polytopes. Many of these polytopes arise in known string theory compactifications, while others suggest either undiscovered corners of the landscape or new swampland constraints.
title Taxonomy of Infinite Distance Limits
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20332