4 papers
The Art of Branching: Cobordism Junctions of 10d String Theories
Chiara Altavista, Edoardo Anastasi, Roberta Angius +1
We describe the explicit construction of configurations of several 10d string theories joining at a 9d junction, providing a dynamical realization of cobordisms between multiple 10…
Hořava-Witten theory on as type 0 orientifold
Chiara Altavista, Edoardo Anastasi, Salvatore Raucci +2
We investigate dualities between quotients of recently proposed compactifications of M-theory on `quantum geometries' of the form ${\mathbf{S}}^1\vee{\mathbf{S}}^1…
What IIB looks IIA string: String Cobordisms via Non-Compact CFTs
Edoardo Anastasi, Miguel Montero, Angel M. Uranga +1
The Swampland Cobordism Conjecture predicts the existence of end-of-the-world branes for every consistent Quantum Gravity theory, and domain walls connecting the Landscape. A pertu…
Relative Quantum Gravity: Localized Gravity and the Swampland
Edoardo Anastasi, Roberta Angius, Jesús Huertas +2
We perform a systematic study of the applicability of swampland constraints to theories of localized gravity. We find that these gravity theories can violate swampland constraints,…