4 papers
Neutrinos, B-L Symmetry and the Dark Dimension
Miguel Montero, Cumrun Vafa, Irene Valenzuela
We consider realizations of a gauged B-L symmetry in the context of the Dark Dimension scenario, where the SM lives on a codimension one brane in 5d spacetime. The B-L can naturall…
Backtracking AdS flux vacua
Fien Apers, Miguel Montero, Irene Valenzuela
We introduce an algorithm (dubbed "flux backtracking") to reverse-engineer the brane picture from an AdS flux vacuum. Given an AdS flux vacuum as input, the algorithm outputs a sin…
Quantum corrections to DGKT and the Weak Gravity Conjecture
Miguel Montero, Irene Valenzuela
We study D4 brane domain walls in the scale-separated 4d =1 AdS DGKT scenario. Classically, these are BPS and satisfy a no-force condition since their tension equa…
On Measuring Distances in the Quantum Gravity Landscape
Amineh Mohseni, Miguel Montero, Cumrun Vafa +1
In this note, we propose a generalized notion of distance between vacua in the theory of a scalar field with scalar potential coupled to gravity. We propose the normal…