Theta-problem and the String Swampland
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-08-13 v1
Abstract
In the context of supergravity without vector multiplets coupled to hypermultiplets, the coupling constant of graviphoton is apriori a free parameter. Stringy realization of this and using a mathematical conjecture leads to the statement that so that the -angle is or . We conjecture that for any consistent realization of supergravity theories coupled only to hypermultiplets this is the case and the rest belong to the swampland. This leads to the speculation that the -angle for QCD or QED may also be fixed to for quantum gravitational consistency.
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@article{arxiv.1808.03483,
title = {Theta-problem and the String Swampland},
author = {Sergio Cecotti and Cumrun Vafa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03483},
year = {2018}
}
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7 pages