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Dense Geodesics, Tower Alignment, and the Sharpened Distance Conjecture

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-04 v1

Abstract

The Sharpened Distance Conjecture and Tower Scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture are closely related but distinct conjectures, neither one implying the other. Motivated by examples, I propose that both are consequences of two new conjectures: 1. The infinite distance geodesics passing through an arbitrary point ϕ\phi in the moduli space populate a dense set of directions in the tangent space at ϕ\phi. 2. Along any infinite distance geodesic, there exists a tower of particles whose scalar-charge-to-mass ratio (logm-\nabla \log m) projection everywhere along the geodesic is greater than or equal to 1/d21/\sqrt{d-2}. I perform several nontrivial tests of these new conjectures in maximal and half-maximal supergravity examples. I also use the Tower Scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture to conjecture a sharp bound on exponentially heavy towers that accompany infinite distance limits.

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@article{arxiv.2308.01331,
  title  = {Dense Geodesics, Tower Alignment, and the Sharpened Distance Conjecture},
  author = {Muldrow Etheredge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.01331},
  year   = {2023}
}

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41 pages, 11 figures

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