3 papers
hep-th2026
A Lapse in the Cosmological Constant Problem
Justin Khoury, Benjamin Muntz, Antonio Padilla
We present a new mechanism for addressing the cosmological constant problem based on global constraints arising from a lapse function in a higher-dimensional gravitational theory.…
hep-th2025
From Frame Covariance to the Swampland Distance Conjecture
Sotirios Karamitsos, Benjamin Muntz
Field space geometry plays a central role within the Swampland Programme, most notably in the various Distance Conjectures. However, for gravitational EFTs, this geometry is not un…
hep-th2024
Do we live on the End of the World?
Benjamin Muntz, Antonio Padilla, Paul M. Saffin
We propose a scenario of a de Sitter universe living on an End-of-the-World brane. Motivated by the Swampland programme and in particular the Cobordism Conjecture, we consider a co…