Gravitational positivity bounds on scalar potentials
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چکیده
We derive constraints on scalar field theories coupled to gravity by using recently developed positivity bounds in the presence of gravity. It is found that a canonically normalized real cannot have an arbitrarily flat potential unless some new physics enters well below Planck scale. An upper bound scale determined loop corrections self-energy. Our result provides swampland condition for potentials.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical review
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0556-2813', '1538-4497', '1089-490X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.104.066022