Compactness of brane moduli and the String Lamppost Principle in d > 6
Alek Bedroya, Yuta Hamada, Miguel Montero, Cumrun Vafa
Abstract
A bstract We demonstrate the validity of the String Lamppost Principle — that all consistent theories of quantum gravity are in the String Landscape — for supersymmetric theories in d > 6 using compactness and connectedness of the moduli space of small instantons, as well as the classification of the associated Coulomb branch.
Topics & Concepts
Moduli spaceCompact spaceString (physics)InstantonBranePhysicsString theoryCoulombModuliTheoretical physicsMathematical physicsPure mathematicsMathematicsQuantum mechanicsElectronBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories