TY - JOUR
T1 - Weak gravity bounds in asymptotic string compactifications
AU - Bastian, Brice
AU - Grimm, Thomas W.
AU - van de Heisteeg, Damian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - We study the charge-to-mass ratios of BPS states in four-dimensional N = 2 supergravities arising from Calabi-Yau threefold compactifications of Type IIB string theory. We present a formula for the asymptotic charge-to-mass ratio valid for all limits in complex structure moduli space. This is achieved by using the sl(2)-structure that emerges in any such limit as described by asymptotic Hodge theory. The asymptotic charge-to-mass formula applies for sl(2)-elementary states that couple to the graviphoton asymptotically. Using this formula, we determine the radii of the ellipsoid that forms the extremality region of electric BPS black holes, which provides us with a general asymptotic bound on the charge-to-mass ratio for these theories. Finally, we comment on how these bounds for the Weak Gravity Conjecture relate to their counterparts in the asymptotic de Sitter Conjecture and Swampland Distance Conjecture.
AB - We study the charge-to-mass ratios of BPS states in four-dimensional N = 2 supergravities arising from Calabi-Yau threefold compactifications of Type IIB string theory. We present a formula for the asymptotic charge-to-mass ratio valid for all limits in complex structure moduli space. This is achieved by using the sl(2)-structure that emerges in any such limit as described by asymptotic Hodge theory. The asymptotic charge-to-mass formula applies for sl(2)-elementary states that couple to the graviphoton asymptotically. Using this formula, we determine the radii of the ellipsoid that forms the extremality region of electric BPS black holes, which provides us with a general asymptotic bound on the charge-to-mass ratio for these theories. Finally, we comment on how these bounds for the Weak Gravity Conjecture relate to their counterparts in the asymptotic de Sitter Conjecture and Swampland Distance Conjecture.
KW - D-branes
KW - Differential and Algebraic Geometry
KW - Effective Field Theories
KW - Supergravity Models
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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP06(2021)162
DO - 10.1007/JHEP06(2021)162
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109371928
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2021
SP - 1
EP - 63
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
M1 - 162
ER -