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Weak Gravity Conjecture in de Sitter space-time

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-28 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We propose a generalisation of the Weak Gravity Conjecture in de Sitter space by studying charged black-holes and comparing the gravitational and an abelian gauge forces. Using the same condition as in flat space, namely the absence of black-hole remnants, one finds that for a given mass mm there should be a state with a charge qq bigger than a minimal value qmin(m,l)q_{\rm min}(m,l), depending on the mass and the de Sitter radius ll, in Planck units. In the large radius flat space limit (large ll), qminmq_{\rm min}\to m leading to the known result q>m/2q>m/\sqrt{2}, while in the highly curved case (small ll) qminq_{\rm min} behaves as ml\sqrt{ml}. We also discuss the example of the gauged R-symmetry in N=1N=1 supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.2006.12512,
  title  = {Weak Gravity Conjecture in de Sitter space-time},
  author = {Ignatios Antoniadis and Karim Benakli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.12512},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages, 2 figures

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