The Weak Gravity Conjecture holds that in a theory of quantum gravity, any gauge force
must mediate interactions stronger than gravity for some particles. This statement has …

We review the holographic correspondence between field theories and string/M theory,
focusing on the relation between compactifications of string/M theory on Anti-de Sitter …

We develop a new class of chaotic inflation models with spontaneously broken conformal
invariance. Observational consequences of a broad class of such models are stable with …

We show that the large-N limits of certainconformal field theories in various dimensions
includein their Hilbert space a sector describing supergravityon the product of anti-de Sitter …

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Due to the failure of thermodynamics for low temperature near-extremal black holes, it has
long been conjectured that a'thermodynamic mass gap'exists between an extremal black …

String theory is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of modern theoretical
physics. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to recent developments …

We study the index of $\mathcal {N}= 4$ Yang-Mills theory on $ S^ 3\times\mathbb {R} $ at
large angular momenta. A generalized Cardy limit exhibits macroscopic entropy at large $ N …

N= 2 supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions are studied by formulating them as
the quantum field theories derived from configurations of fourbranes, fivebranes, and …

We obtain first order equations that determine a supersymmetric kink solution in five-
dimensional N= 8 gauged supergravity. The kink interpolates between an exterior anti-de …