scholarly journals Sharp boundaries for the swampland

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Caron-Huot ◽  
Dalimil Mazáč ◽  
Leonardo Rastelli ◽  
David Simmons-Duffin
Keyword(s):  
Impact Parameter ◽  
Sum Rules ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Higher Derivative ◽  
Gravitational Theories ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
Forward Limit ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Small Impact Parameter

Abstract We reconsider the problem of bounding higher derivative couplings in consistent weakly coupled gravitational theories, starting from general assumptions about analyticity and Regge growth of the S-matrix. Higher derivative couplings are expected to be of order one in the units of the UV cutoff. Our approach justifies this expectation and allows to prove precise bounds on the order one coefficients. Our main tool are dispersive sum rules for the S-matrix. We overcome the difficulties presented by the graviton pole by measuring couplings at small impact parameter, rather than in the forward limit. We illustrate the method in theories containing a massless scalar coupled to gravity, and in theories with maximal supersymmetry.

scholarly journals 6d (2, 0) and M-theory at 1-loop

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis F. Alday ◽  
Shai M. Chester ◽  
Himanshu Raj
Keyword(s):  
Flat Space ◽  
Lagrangian Description ◽  
Loop Correction ◽  
Higher Derivative ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Space Limit ◽  
Tensor Multiplet ◽  
First Time ◽  
M Theory

Abstract We study the stress tensor multiplet four-point function in the 6d maximally supersymmetric (2, 0) AN−1 and DN theories, which have no Lagrangian description, but in the large N limit are holographically dual to weakly coupled M-theory on AdS7× S4 and AdS7× S4/ℤ2, respectively. We use the analytic bootstrap to compute the 1-loop correction to this holographic correlator coming from Witten diagrams with supergravity R and the first higher derivative correction R4 vertices, which is the first 1-loop correction computed for a non-Lagrangian theory. We then take the flat space limit and find precise agreement with the corresponding terms in the 11d M-theory S-matrix, some of which we compute for the first time using two-particle unitarity cuts.

DOES THE HETEROTIC SUPERSTRING THEORY CONTAIN CLOSED TIME-LIKE LINES?

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 559-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. POLLOCK
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Field ◽  
Line Element ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Massless Scalar Field ◽  
Causality Condition ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
Lorentzian Space ◽  
Higher Derivative ◽  
Gravitational Theories ◽  
Rotational Space

Causal solutions of the Gödel type, for which the line element is ds2 = dt2 - 2b e mxdtdv - c e 2mxdv2 - dx2 - dz2 with c = 0, are known to exist for gravitational theories containing a cosmological constant Λ and quadratic higher-derivative terms defined by the Lagrangian L = -(1/2)κ-2(R + 2Λ) + A1R2 + A2RijRij. Here, we show that acausal solutions, for which c < 0, containing closed time-like lines, can be constructed only if A2 = 0. Extension of this analysis to the heterotic superstring theory, including a generic massless scalar field ϕ plus quadratic and quartic gravitational terms [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], again yields a causal solution with c = 0, and also Λ = 0, as required for anomaly freedom, while solutions with c < 0 are ruled out. More general rotational space–times appear to be intractable analytically, and therefore it remains a matter of conjecture that the heterotic superstring admits only classical Lorentzian solutions which respect causality. For the energy density ρ(ϕ) of the scalar field is positive semi-definite only when g00 ≥ 0, which is equivalent to the causality condition g11 ≤ 0 or c ≥ 0 in a Lorentzian space–time for which det gij < 0; while ρ(ϕ) is unbounded from below in the presence of closed time-like lines, when g11 > 0, implying instability of ϕ, which will react back on the metric until it becomes causal.

scholarly journals CFT unitarity and the AdS Cutkosky rules

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Meltzer ◽  
Allic Sivaramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Flat Space ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Optical Theorem ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Weakly Coupled ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Space Limit ◽  
Diagrammatic Method

Abstract We derive the Cutkosky rules for conformal field theories (CFTs) at weak and strong coupling. These rules give a simple, diagrammatic method to compute the double-commutator that appears in the Lorentzian inversion formula. We first revisit weakly-coupled CFTs in flat space, where the cuts are performed on Feynman diagrams. We then generalize these rules to strongly-coupled holographic CFTs, where the cuts are performed on the Witten diagrams of the dual theory. In both cases, Cutkosky rules factorize loop diagrams into on-shell sub-diagrams and generalize the standard S-matrix cutting rules. These rules are naturally formulated and derived in Lorentzian momentum space, where the double-commutator is manifestly related to the CFT optical theorem. Finally, we study the AdS cutting rules in explicit examples at tree level and one loop. In these examples, we confirm that the rules are consistent with the OPE limit and that we recover the S-matrix optical theorem in the flat space limit. The AdS cutting rules and the CFT dispersion formula together form a holographic unitarity method to reconstruct Witten diagrams from their cuts.

scholarly journals Black hole S-matrix for a scalar field

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Panos Betzios ◽  
Nava Gaddam ◽  
Olga Papadoulaki
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Scattering Process ◽  
Schwarzschild Black Hole ◽  
Asymptotically Flat ◽  
Scalar Particles ◽  
Black Hole Background ◽  
S Matrix ◽  
Do So

Abstract We describe a unitary scattering process, as observed from spatial infinity, of massless scalar particles on an asymptotically flat Schwarzschild black hole background. In order to do so, we split the problem in two different regimes governing the dynamics of the scattering process. The first describes the evolution of the modes in the region away from the horizon and can be analysed in terms of the effective Regge-Wheeler potential. In the near horizon region, where the Regge-Wheeler potential becomes insignificant, the WKB geometric optics approximation of Hawking’s is replaced by the near-horizon gravitational scattering matrix that captures non-perturbative soft graviton exchanges near the horizon. We perform an appropriate matching for the scattering solutions of these two dynamical problems and compute the resulting Bogoliubov relations, that combines both dynamics. This allows us to formulate an S-matrix for the scattering process that is manifestly unitary. We discuss the analogue of the (quasi)-normal modes in this setup and the emergence of gravitational echoes that follow an original burst of radiation as the excited black hole relaxes to equilibrium.

scholarly journals USING 21 cm ABSORPTION IN SMALL IMPACT PARAMETER GALAXY-QUASAR PAIRS TO PROBE LOW-REDSHIFT DAMPED AND SUB-DAMPED Lyα SYSTEMS

2010 ◽  
Vol 713 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanchayeeta Borthakur ◽  
Todd M. Tripp ◽  
Min S. Yun ◽  
Emmanuel Momjian ◽  
Joseph D. Meiring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Parameter ◽  
Small Impact ◽  
Small Impact Parameter

Multiply differential ionization probabilities in small impact parameter ion-atom collisions

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Schiwietz ◽  
B. Skogvall ◽  
N. Stolterfoht ◽  
D. Schneider ◽  
V. Montemayor
Keyword(s):  
Impact Parameter ◽  
Small Impact ◽  
Small Impact Parameter

scholarly journals Failure of mean-field approximation in weakly coupled dilaton gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 07004
Author(s):  
Maxim Fitkevich
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Direct Calculation ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Field Approximation ◽  
Mean Field Approximation ◽  
Massless Scalar ◽  
Dilaton Gravity ◽  
Black Hole Evaporation ◽  
Weakly Coupled

We investigate black hole evaporation in a weakly coupled model of two-dimensional dilaton gravity paying a particular attention to the validity of the semiclassical mean-field approximation. Our model is obtained by adding a reflecting boundary to the celebrated RST model describing N gravitating massless scalar fields to one-loop level. The boundary cuts off the region of strong coupling. Although our model is explicitly weakly coupled, we find that the mean field approximation inevitably fails at the end of black hole evaporation. We propose an alternative semiclassical method aiming at direct calculation of S-matrix elements and illustrate it in a simple shell model.

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