4 papers
On Quantum Obstructions in Type IIA Orientifolds
Lukas Kaufmann, Timo Weigand, Max Wiesner
Quantum corrections can severely modify or even remove classical infinite distance limits in four-dimensional gravity theories with minimal N=1 supersymmetry. In this note we study…
Quantum obstructions for infinite distance limits -- Part I: obstructions
Lukas Kaufmann, Jeroen Monnee, Timo Weigand +1
We analyse quantum obstructions to classical infinite distance limits in four-dimensional string compactifications with N=1 supersymmetry. Such quantum effects signal a severe depa…
Quantum obstructions for infinite distance limits -- Part II: Kähler obstructions
Lukas Kaufmann, Jeroen Monnee, Timo Weigand +1
We continue our analysis of quantum corrections in the complex structure moduli space of four-dimensional Type IIB/F-theory compactifications with N=1 supersymmetry. We find that l…
Asymptotics of 5d Supergravity Theories and the Emergent String Conjecture
Lukas Kaufmann, Stefano Lanza, Timo Weigand
We invoke probe brane arguments to classify the asymptotic behavior of general five-dimensional supergravity theories with eight supercharges near infinite distance boundaries of t…