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Four-dimensional N=4 SYM theory and the swampland

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The authors build an argument independent of string theory, using unitarity and other conditions, to show that consistent quantum gravities with sixteen supercharges are possible only with a limited number of gauge groups. In turn, it is known that each of these allowed gauge groups is realized in string theory. This is part of a larger program for different amounts of supersymmetry, which so far seems to confirm the string lamppost principle which states that each consistent quantum gravity is realized in string theory.

Source: Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.026003

Authors: Hee-Cheol Kim, Houri-Christina Tarazi, Cumrun Vafa

Institutions: Pohang University of Science and Technology, Harvard University

Language: Latvian

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid