Sharpening the Distance Conjecture in diverse dimensions

M Etheredge, B Heidenreich, S Kaya, Y Qiu… - Journal of High Energy …, 2022 - Springer
A bstract The Distance Conjecture holds that any infinite-distance limit in the scalar field
moduli space of a consistent theory of quantum gravity must be accompanied by a tower of …

Emergent strings from infinite distance limits

SJ Lee, W Lerche, T Weigand - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract As a refinement of the Swampland Distance Conjecture, we propose that a
quantum gravitational theory in an infinite distance limit of its moduli space either …

Running decompactification, sliding towers, and the distance conjecture

M Etheredge, B Heidenreich, J McNamara… - Journal of High Energy …, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We study towers of light particles that appear in infinite-distance limits of moduli
spaces of 9-dimensional\(\mathcal {N}\)= 1 string theories, some of which notably feature …

A CFT distance conjecture

E Perlmutter, L Rastelli, C Vafa, I Valenzuela - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We formulate a series of conjectures relating the geometry of conformal manifolds
to the spectrum of local operators in conformal field theories in d> 2 spacetime dimensions …

Merging the weak gravity and distance conjectures using BPS extremal black holes

N Gendler, I Valenzuela - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We analyze the charge-to-mass structure of BPS states in general infinite-distance
limits of\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 compactifications of Type IIB string theory on Calabi-Yau three …

The web of swampland conjectures and the TCC bound

D Andriot, N Cribiori, D Erkinger - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We consider the swampland distance and de Sitter conjectures, of respective order
one parameters λ and c. Inspired by the recent Trans-Planckian Censorship conjecture …

Asymptotic scalar field cosmology in string theory

T Rudelius - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract Asymptotic (late-time) cosmology depends on the asymptotic (infinite-distance)
limits of scalar field space in string theory. Such limits feature an exponentially decaying …

The emergence proposal and the emergent string

R Blumenhagen, A Gligovic… - Journal of High Energy …, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We explore the Emergence Proposal for the moduli metric and the gauge
couplings in a concrete model with 7 saxionic and 7 axionic moduli fields, namely the …

The convex hull swampland distance conjecture and bounds on non-geodesics

J Calderón-Infante, AM Uranga… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract The Swampland Distance Conjecture (SDC) restricts the geodesic distances that
scalars can traverse in effective field theories as they approach points at infinite distance in …

Instanton corrections and emergent strings

F Baume, F Marchesano, M Wiesner - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 - Springer
A bstract We study limits of infinite distance in the moduli space of 4d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2
string compactifications, in which instanton effects dominate. We first consider trajectories in …