Novel Bounds From The Weak Gravity and Festina Lente Conjectures

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Hauptverfasser: Abu-Ajamieh, Fayez, Chattopadhyay, Pratik, Okada, Nobuchika, Pasechnik, Roman, Wang, Zhi-Wei
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author Abu-Ajamieh, Fayez
Chattopadhyay, Pratik
Okada, Nobuchika
Pasechnik, Roman
Wang, Zhi-Wei
author_facet Abu-Ajamieh, Fayez
Chattopadhyay, Pratik
Okada, Nobuchika
Pasechnik, Roman
Wang, Zhi-Wei
contents We demonstrate that the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) and the Festina-Lente Conjecture (FLC) yield novel bounds on fifth force searches and milli-Charged Particles (mCPs), as well as on the scale of inflation and on the effective Higgs quartic interaction. In particular, we find that combining the FLC with inflation leads to stronger bounds on mCPs than what the simple application of the FLC provides. Furthermore, we have explored the implications of naturalness on both the FLC and WGC, and have found that these conjectures place a lower limit on the charge of a $U(1)$ gauge group.
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spellingShingle Novel Bounds From The Weak Gravity and Festina Lente Conjectures
Abu-Ajamieh, Fayez
Chattopadhyay, Pratik
Okada, Nobuchika
Pasechnik, Roman
Wang, Zhi-Wei
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We demonstrate that the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) and the Festina-Lente Conjecture (FLC) yield novel bounds on fifth force searches and milli-Charged Particles (mCPs), as well as on the scale of inflation and on the effective Higgs quartic interaction. In particular, we find that combining the FLC with inflation leads to stronger bounds on mCPs than what the simple application of the FLC provides. Furthermore, we have explored the implications of naturalness on both the FLC and WGC, and have found that these conjectures place a lower limit on the charge of a $U(1)$ gauge group.
title Novel Bounds From The Weak Gravity and Festina Lente Conjectures
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16762