(15.05.) Fractionally Confined Monopoles in Failures of the Lattice Weak Gravity Conjecture
Tom Rudelius (Durham University)
15.05.2025 at 16:15
The Weak Gravity Conjecture and its various refinements form a cornerstone of the swampland program. While many examples satisfy the Lattice Weak Gravity Conjecture (LWGC), where a superextremal state is present at every site of the charge lattice, there are some examples where only a (finite index) sublattice of superextremal states are present. In this talk, we will identify and explore a common feature of these LWGC violating theories: a magnetic superlattice of fractionally charged confined monopoles. We will study several quantitative features of these confined monopoles and their flux tubes, and we will encounter novel examples of LWGC violation.
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