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The de Sitter swampland conjecture and supersymmetric AdS vacua

Abstract:
It has recently been conjectured that string theory does not admit de Sitter critical points. This note points out that in several cases, including KKLT or racetrack models, this statement is equivalent to the absence of supersymmetric Minkowski or AdS solutions. This equivalence arises from establishing the positivity of the potential in a large-radius limit, requiring a turnover of the potential before reaching an AdS vacuum. For example, this conjecture is incompatible with the simplest 1-modulus KKLT AdS supersymmetric solution.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1142/S0217751X18501786

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Theoretical Physics
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0809-1416


Publisher:
World Scientific Publishing
Journal:
International Journal of Modern Physics A More from this journal
Volume:
33
Issue:
29
Publication date:
2018-10-24
Acceptance date:
2018-10-18
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EISSN:
1793-656X
ISSN:
0217-751X


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pubs:908229
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uuid:23107374-cf09-49fd-b3e2-13139cc97b39
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pubs:908229
Source identifiers:
908229
Deposit date:
2018-11-08

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