Tackling the SDC in AdS with CFTs

Abstract We study the Swampland Distance Conjecture for supersymmetric theories with AdS5 backgrounds and fixed radius through their N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 SCFT holographic duals. By the Maldacena-Zhiboedov theorem, around a large class of infinite-distance points there must exist a tower of expone...

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Main Authors: Florent Baume, José Calderón Infante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2021)057
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Summary:Abstract We study the Swampland Distance Conjecture for supersymmetric theories with AdS5 backgrounds and fixed radius through their N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 SCFT holographic duals. By the Maldacena-Zhiboedov theorem, around a large class of infinite-distance points there must exist a tower of exponentially massless higher-spin fields in the bulk, for which we find bounds on the decay rate in terms of the conformal data. We discuss the origin of this tower in the gravity side for type IIB compactification on S 5 and its orbifolds, and comment about more general cases.
ISSN:1029-8479