The tadpole conjecture in asymptotic limits

Abstract: Superstring theory is defined in ten space-time dimensions. In order to connect it to physics in four dimensions one typically has to compactify the theory and satisfy a number consistency conditions. One of them is the tadpole cancellation condition. Recently, Bena, Blabäck, Grana, and Lüst made a "tadpole conjecture" which - if true - would imply that many naively-allowed (flux-)compactifications are inconsistent. In the first part of the talk I will explain and illustrate the tadpole conjecture. In the second part I present arguments towards a proof of the conjecture in asymptotic limits using the framework of asymptotic Hodge theory.

cosmology and nongalactic astrophysicsgeneral relativity and quantum cosmologyHEP - phenomenologyHEP - theorymathematical physics

Audience: researchers in the discipline

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