scholarly journals Quantum corrections in 4d N = 1 infinite distance limits and the weak gravity conjecture

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Klaewer ◽  
Seung-Joo Lee ◽  
Timo Weigand ◽  
Max Wiesner
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Weak Coupling Limit ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Classical Level ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Perturbative Corrections ◽  
Weak Gravity ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Abstract We study quantum corrections in four-dimensional theories with N = 1 supersymmetry in the context of Quantum Gravity Conjectures. According to the Emergent String Conjecture, infinite distance limits in quantum gravity either lead to decompactification of the theory or result in a weakly coupled string theory. We verify this conjecture in the framework of N = 1 supersymmetric F-theory compactifications to four dimensions including perturbative α′ as well as non-perturbative corrections. After proving uniqueness of the emergent critical string at the classical level, we show that quantum corrections obstruct precisely those limits in which the scale of the emergent critical string would lie parametrically below the Kaluza-Klein scale. Limits in which the tension of the asymptotically tensionless string sits at the Kaluza-Klein scale, by contrast, are not obstructed.In the second part of the paper we study the effect of quantum corrections for the Weak Gravity Conjecture away from the strict weak coupling limit. We propose that gauge threshold corrections and mass renormalisation effects modify the super-extremality bound in four dimensions. For the infinite distance limits in F-theory the classical super-extremality bound is generically satisfied by a sublattice of states in the tower of excitations of an emergent heterotic string. By matching the F-theory α′-corrections to gauge threshold corrections of the dual heterotic theory we predict how the masses of this tower must be renormalised in order for the Weak Gravity Conjecture to hold at the quantum level.

scholarly journals The Weak Gravity Conjecture and axion strings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Heidenreich ◽  
Matthew Reece ◽  
Tom Rudelius
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
High Spin ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Spin States ◽  
High Spin States ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Klein Theory ◽  
Weak Gravity ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Abstract Strong (sublattice or tower) formulations of the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) imply that, if a weakly coupled gauge theory exists, a tower of charged particles drives the theory to strong coupling at an ultraviolet scale well below the Planck scale. This tower can consist of low-spin states, as in Kaluza-Klein theory, or high-spin states, as with weakly-coupled strings. We provide a suggestive bottom-up argument based on the mild p-form WGC that, for any gauge theory coupled to a fundamental axion through a θF ∧ F term, the tower is a stringy one. The charge-carrying string states at or below the WGC scale gMPl are simply axion strings for θ, with charged modes arising from anomaly inflow. Kaluza-Klein theories evade this conclusion and postpone the appearance of high-spin states to higher energies because they lack a θF ∧ F term. For abelian Kaluza-Klein theories, modified arguments based on additional abelian groups that interact with the Kaluza-Klein gauge group sometimes pinpoint a mass scale for charged strings. These arguments reinforce the Emergent String and Distant Axionic String Conjectures. We emphasize the unproven assumptions and weak points of the arguments, which provide interesting targets for further work. In particular, a sharp characterization of when gauge fields admit θF ∧ F couplings and when they do not would be immensely useful for particle phenomenology and for clarifying the implications of the Weak Gravity Conjecture.

scholarly journals WORMHOLES AND CHILD UNIVERSES

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (08n10) ◽  
pp. 1357-1364 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. GUENDELMAN
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Density ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Minimum Length ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Quantum Field ◽  
Classical Level ◽  
Gravitational Effects ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Evidence to the case that classical gravitation provides the clue to make sense out of quantum gravity is presented. The key observation is the existence in classical gravitation of child universe solutions or "almost" solutions, "almost" because of some singularity problems. The difficulties of these child universe solutions that are due to their generic singularity problems will be very likely be cured by quantum effects, just like for example "almost" instanton solutions are made relevant in gauge theories with the breaking of conformal invariance. Some well-motivated modifcations of general relativity where these singularity problems are absent even at the classical level are discussed. High energy density excitations, responsible for UV divergences in quantum field theories, including quantum gravity, are likely to be the source of child universes which carry them out of the original space–time. This decoupling could prevent these high UV excitations from having any influence on physical amplitudes. Child universe production could therefore be responsible for UV regularization in quantum field theories which take into account semiclassically gravitational effects. Child universe production in the last stages of black hole evaporation, the prediction of absence of trans-Planckian primordial perturbations, connection to the minimum length hypothesis, and in particular the connection to the maximal curvature hypothesis are discussed. Some discussion of superexcited states in the case these states such as Kaluza–Klein excitations are carried out. Finally, the possibility of obtaining "string like" effects from the wormholes associated with the child universes is discussed.

scholarly journals Effective Scalar Potential in Asymptotically Safe Quantum Gravity

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Christof Wetterich
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Scalar Potential ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Scaling Potential ◽  
Realistic Description ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Dynamical Dark Energy

We compute the effective potential for scalar fields in asymptotically safe quantum gravity. A scaling potential and other scaling functions generalize the fixed point values of renormalizable couplings. The scaling potential takes a non-polynomial form, approaching typically a constant for large values of scalar fields. Spontaneous symmetry breaking may be induced by non-vanishing gauge couplings. We strengthen the arguments for a prediction of the ratio between the masses of the top quark and the Higgs boson. Higgs inflation in the standard model is unlikely to be compatible with asymptotic safety. Scaling solutions with vanishing relevant parameters can be sufficient for a realistic description of particle physics and cosmology, leading to an asymptotically vanishing “cosmological constant” or dynamical dark energy.

scholarly journals The UV fate of anomalous U(1)s and the Swampland

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Craig ◽  
Isabel Garcia Garcia ◽  
Graham D. Kribs
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Critical Size ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Gravitational Anomaly ◽  
Light Vector ◽  
Energy Theory ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Weak Gravity

Abstract Massive U(1) gauge theories featuring parametrically light vectors are suspected to belong in the Swampland of consistent EFTs that cannot be embedded into a theory of quantum gravity. We study four-dimensional, chiral U(1) gauge theories that appear anomalous over a range of energies up to the scale of anomaly-cancelling massive chiral fermions. We show that such theories must be UV-completed at a finite cutoff below which a radial mode must appear, and cannot be decoupled — a Stückelberg limit does not exist. When the infrared fermion spectrum contains a mixed U(1)-gravitational anomaly, this class of theories provides a toy model of a boundary into the Swampland, for sufficiently small values of the vector mass. In this context, we show that the limit of a parametrically light vector comes at the cost of a quantum gravity scale that lies parametrically below MP1, and our result provides field theoretic evidence for the existence of a Swampland of EFTs that is disconnected from the subset of theories compatible with a gravitational UV-completion. Moreover, when the low energy theory also contains a U(1)3 anomaly, the Weak Gravity Conjecture scale makes an appearance in the form of a quantum gravity cutoff for values of the gauge coupling above a certain critical size.

scholarly journals LARGE QUANTUM GRAVITY EFFECTS: CYLINDRICAL WAVES IN FOUR DIMENSIONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 669-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA E. ANGULO ◽  
GUILLERMO A. MENA MARUGÁN
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Symmetry Axis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Asymptotic Region ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Cylindrical Waves ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gravity Effects ◽  
Linearly Polarized

Linearly polarized cylindrical waves in four-dimensional vacuum gravity are mathematically equivalent to rotationally symmetric gravity coupled to a Maxwell (or Klein–Gordon) field in three dimensions. The quantization of this latter system was performed by Ashtekar and Pierri in a recent work. Employing that quantization, we obtain here a complete quantum theory which describes the four-dimensional geometry of the Einstein–Rosen waves. In particular, we construct regularized operators to represent the metric. It is shown that the results achieved by Ashtekar about the existence of important quantum gravity effects in the Einstein–Maxwell system at large distances from the symmetry axis continue to be valid from a four-dimensional point of view. The only significant difference is that, in order to admit an approximate classical description in the asymptotic region, states that are coherent in the Maxwell field need not contain a large number of photons anymore. We also analyze the metric fluctuations on the symmetry axis and argue that they are generally relevant for all of the coherent states.

scholarly journals Influence of the measure on simplicial quantum gravity in four dimensions

1992 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 713-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Beirl ◽  
Erwin Gerstenmayer ◽  
Harold Markum
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Four Dimensions

scholarly journals Moduli spaces of non-geometric type II/heterotic dual pairs

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoan Gautier ◽  
Dan Israël
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Duality Group ◽  
Dual Pairs ◽  
Perturbative Correction ◽  
Singularity Structure ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Geometric Type ◽  
Perturbative Corrections

Abstract We study the moduli spaces of heterotic/type II dual pairs in four dimensions with $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 2 supersymmetry corresponding to non-geometric Calabi-Yau backgrounds on the type II side and to T-fold compactifications on the heterotic side. The vector multiplets moduli space receives perturbative corrections in the heterotic description only, and non- perturbative correction in both descriptions. We derive explicitely the perturbative corrections to the heterotic four-dimensional prepotential, using the knowledge of its singularity structure and of the heterotic perturbative duality group. We also derive the exact hypermultiplets moduli space, that receives corrections neither in the string coupling nor in α′.

GRAVITATIONAL BAG EFFECTS ON KALUZA KLEIN AND STRING EXCITATIONS

1989 ◽  
Vol 04 (19) ◽  
pp. 5119-5131 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. I. GUENDELMAN
Keyword(s):  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Massive String ◽  
Free Objects ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Gravitational Bags are spherically symmetric solutions of higher-dimensional Kaluza Klein (K – K) theories, where the compact dimensions become very large near the center of the geometry, although they are small elsewhere. The K – K excitations therefore become very light when located near the center of this geometry and this appears to affect drastically the naive tower of the masses spectrum of K – K theories. In the context of string theories, string excitations can be enclosed by Gravitational Bags, making them not only lighter, but also localized, as observed by somebody, that does not probe the central regions. Strings, however, can still have divergent sizes, as quantum mechanics seems to demand, since the extra dimensions blow up at the center of the geometry. From a projected 4-D point of view, very massive string bits may lie inside their Schwarzschild radii, as pointed out by Casher, Gravitational Bags however are horizon free objects, so no conflict with macroscopic causality arises if the string excitations are enclosed by Gravitational Bags.

scholarly journals INDUCED QUANTUM GRAVITY ON A RIEMANN SURFACE

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 4371-4401 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. BANDELLONI ◽  
S. LAZZARINI
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Simple Model ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Arbitrary Dimension ◽  
Perturbative Expansion ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Classical Formula ◽  
Local Coordinates ◽  
Nontrivial Character

Induced quantum gravity dynamics built over a Riemann surface is studied in arbitrary dimension. Local coordinates on the target space are given by means of the Laguerre–Forsyth construction. A simple model is proposed and perturbatively quantized. In doing so, the classical [Formula: see text]-symmetry turns out to be preserved on-shell at any order of the ℏ perturbative expansion. As a main result, due to quantum corrections, the target coordinates acquire a nontrivial character.

scholarly journals Rainbow Gravity Corrections to the Entropic Force

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong-Wen Feng ◽  
Shu-Zheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Field Equation ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Gravity Model ◽  
Einstein Field Equation ◽  
Friedmann Equation ◽  
Quantum Corrections ◽  
Entropic Force ◽  
Planck Length ◽  
Multifunctional Properties

The entropic force attracts a lot of interest for its multifunctional properties. For instance, Einstein’s field equation, Newton’s law of gravitation, and the Friedmann equation can be derived from the entropic force. In this paper, utilizing a new kind of rainbow gravity model that was proposed by Magueijo and Smolin, we explore the quantum gravity corrections to the entropic force. First, we derive the modified thermodynamics of a rainbow black hole via its surface gravity. Then, according to Verlinde’s theory, the quantum corrections to the entropic force are obtained. The result shows that the modified entropic force is related not only to the properties of the black hole but also to the Planck length lp and the rainbow parameter γ. Furthermore, based on the rainbow gravity corrected entropic force, the modified Einstein field equation and the modified Friedmann equation are also derived.

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