The Axion-Instanton Weak Gravity Conjecture and Scalar Fields
Abstract
We study the Weak Gravity Conjecture in the presence of scalar fields. The Weak Gravity Conjecture is a consistency condition for a theory of quantum gravity asserting that for a U(1) gauge field, there is a particle charged under this field whose mass is bounded by its charge. It was extended to a statement about any canonical pair of (p - 1)-dimensional object and p-form coupling to it, in particular to axion-instanton pairs. The gauge-scalar Weak Gravity Conjecture is a modification of this bound that includes scalar interactions. We propose a similar extension to cases where scalar fields are present for the axion-instanton Weak Gravity Conjecture and provide evidence from Type IIA supergravity.
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@article{arxiv.2302.11210,
title = {The Axion-Instanton Weak Gravity Conjecture and Scalar Fields},
author = {Clemens Vittmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.11210},
year = {2023}
}
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Thesis submitted in 2018, previously available at https://wwwth.mpp.mpg.de/members/palti/images/ClemensThesis.pdf