The swampland: introduction and review
E Palti - Fortschritte der Physik, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Swampland program aims to distinguish effective theories which can be completed into
quantum gravity in the ultraviolet from those which cannot. This article forms an introduction …
quantum gravity in the ultraviolet from those which cannot. This article forms an introduction …
Lectures on the swampland program in string compactifications
The Swampland program aims to determine the constraints that an effective field theory must
satisfy to be consistent with a UV embedding in a quantum gravity theory. Different …
satisfy to be consistent with a UV embedding in a quantum gravity theory. Different …
The dark dimension and the Swampland
A bstract Motivated by principles from the Swampland program, which characterize
requirements for a consistent UV completion of quantum gravity, combined with …
requirements for a consistent UV completion of quantum gravity, combined with …
Quantum extremal islands made easy. Part I. Entanglement on the brane
A bstract Recent progress in our understanding of the black hole information paradox has
lead to a new prescription for calculating entanglement entropies, which involves special …
lead to a new prescription for calculating entanglement entropies, which involves special …
Beginners lectures on flux compactifications and related Swampland topics
These lecture notes provide a pedagogical introduction, with exercises, to the techniques
used in attempts to construct vacua with stabilized moduli in string theory. The reader is only …
used in attempts to construct vacua with stabilized moduli in string theory. The reader is only …
Infinite distances in field space and massless towers of states
A bstract It has been conjectured that in theories consistent with quantum gravity infinite
distances in field space coincide with an infinite tower of states becoming massless …
distances in field space coincide with an infinite tower of states becoming massless …
The emergence proposal in quantum gravity and the species scale
A bstract In the Emergence Proposal in Quantum Gravity it is conjectured that all light-
particle kinetic terms are absent in the fundamental ultraviolet theory and are generated by …
particle kinetic terms are absent in the fundamental ultraviolet theory and are generated by …
Memory burden effect in black holes and solitons: Implications for PBH
The essence of the memory burden effect is that a load of information carried by a system
stabilizes it. This universal effect is especially prominent in systems with a high capacity of …
stabilizes it. This universal effect is especially prominent in systems with a high capacity of …
Causality constraints on corrections to Einstein gravity
A bstract We study constraints from causality and unitarity on 2→ 2 graviton scattering in four-
dimensional weakly-coupled effective field theories. Together, causality and unitarity imply …
dimensional weakly-coupled effective field theories. Together, causality and unitarity imply …
Sharpening the Distance Conjecture in diverse dimensions
A bstract The Distance Conjecture holds that any infinite-distance limit in the scalar field
moduli space of a consistent theory of quantum gravity must be accompanied by a tower of …
moduli space of a consistent theory of quantum gravity must be accompanied by a tower of …