Weak Gravity Conjecture from Unitarity and Causality

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.051601

Title: Weak Gravity Conjecture from Unitarity and Causality

Authors:: Hamada, Yuta; Noumi, Toshifumi; Shiu, Gary

Publication Date:: 2019-07-31

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1545949

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017647

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 123 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Hamada, Yuta, Noumi, Toshifumi, and Shiu, Gary. Weak Gravity Conjecture from Unitarity and Causality.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Hamada, Yuta, Noumi, Toshifumi, & Shiu, Gary. Weak Gravity Conjecture from Unitarity and Causality.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.051601.

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                    Hamada, Yuta, Noumi, Toshifumi, and Shiu, Gary. Wed .  
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