Topology change and non-geometry at infinite distance
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Saskia Demulder(Ben-Gurion University), Thomas Raml(MPI Munich)
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Europe/Berlin
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Description
The Swampland program aims at formulating a complete set of criteria in order to identify theories that can be uplifted in the UV to a theory of quantum gravity. The distance conjecture in particular diagnoses viable low energy effective theories by examining their breakdown at infinite distance in their parameter space. At the same time, infinite distance points in parameter space are naturally intertwined with string dualities and in particular T-duality. In this talk, we will show that this relation becomes much richer and intricate when the internal space is curved or supported by fluxes. Furthermore we provide evidence of how divergent potentials signal pathological infinite distance points, leading us to suggest an extension to the Swampland distance conjecture.
