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Title: Distance and de Sitter conjectures on the Swampland

Journal Article · · Physics Letters. B
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Among Swampland conditions, the distance conjecture characterizes the geometry of scalar fields and the de Sitter conjecture constrains allowed potentials on it. We point out a connection between the distance conjecture and a refined version of the de Sitter conjecture in any parametrically controlled regime of string theory by using Bousso’s covariant entropy bound. The refined version turns out to evade all counter-examples at scalar potential maxima that have been raised. We comment on the relation of our result to the Dine–Seiberg problem.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0017647; PHY-1067976; SC0011632; PHY-1607611
OSTI ID:
1482274
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1598901
Journal Information:
Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Vol. 788 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 475 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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