Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture
Abstract We compute the Kaluza-Klein spectrum of the non-supersymmetric SO(3) × SO(3)-invariant AdS4 vacuum of 11-dimensional supergravity, whose lowest-lying Kaluza-Klein modes belong to a consistent truncation to 4-dimensional N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 8 supergravity and are stable. We show that, none...
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| description | Abstract We compute the Kaluza-Klein spectrum of the non-supersymmetric SO(3) × SO(3)-invariant AdS4 vacuum of 11-dimensional supergravity, whose lowest-lying Kaluza-Klein modes belong to a consistent truncation to 4-dimensional N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 8 supergravity and are stable. We show that, nonetheless, the higher Kaluza-Klein modes become tachyonic so that this non-supersymmetric AdS4 vacuum is perturbatively unstable within 11-dimensional supergravity. This represents the first example of unstable higher Kaluza-Klein modes and provides further evidence for the AdS swampland conjecture, which states that there are no stable non-supersymmetric AdS vacua within string theory. We also find 27 infinitesimal moduli amongst the Kaluza-Klein modes, which hints at the existence of a family of non-supersymmetric AdS4 vacua. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d09717aa2dd240f8be1bcbf9bf821f972022-12-22T00:20:00ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792020-08-012020812210.1007/JHEP08(2020)159Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjectureEmanuel Malek0Hermann Nicolai1Henning Samtleben2Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, Univ Claude Bernard, CNRS, Laboratoire de PhysiqueAbstract We compute the Kaluza-Klein spectrum of the non-supersymmetric SO(3) × SO(3)-invariant AdS4 vacuum of 11-dimensional supergravity, whose lowest-lying Kaluza-Klein modes belong to a consistent truncation to 4-dimensional N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 8 supergravity and are stable. We show that, nonetheless, the higher Kaluza-Klein modes become tachyonic so that this non-supersymmetric AdS4 vacuum is perturbatively unstable within 11-dimensional supergravity. This represents the first example of unstable higher Kaluza-Klein modes and provides further evidence for the AdS swampland conjecture, which states that there are no stable non-supersymmetric AdS vacua within string theory. We also find 27 infinitesimal moduli amongst the Kaluza-Klein modes, which hints at the existence of a family of non-supersymmetric AdS4 vacua.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP08(2020)159Flux compactificationsSupergravity ModelsSuperstring VacuaSupersymmetry Breaking |
| spellingShingle | Emanuel Malek Hermann Nicolai Henning Samtleben Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture Journal of High Energy Physics Flux compactifications Supergravity Models Superstring Vacua Supersymmetry Breaking |
| title | Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture |
| title_full | Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture |
| title_fullStr | Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture |
| title_short | Tachyonic Kaluza-Klein modes and the AdS swampland conjecture |
| title_sort | tachyonic kaluza klein modes and the ads swampland conjecture |
| topic | Flux compactifications Supergravity Models Superstring Vacua Supersymmetry Breaking |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP08(2020)159 |
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