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hep-th2015★ 13 cited
Axionic Band Structure of the Cosmological Constant
Thomas C. Bachlechner
We argue that theories with multiple axions generically contain a large number of vacua that can account for the smallness of the cosmological constant. In a theory with N axions,…
hep-th2015★ 149 cited
Planckian Axions and the Weak Gravity Conjecture
Thomas C. Bachlechner, Cody Long, Liam McAllister
Several recent works have claimed that the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) excludes super-Planckian displacements of axion fields, and hence large-field axion inflation, in the absen…