We review the holographic correspondence between field theories and string/M theory,
focusing on the relation between compactifications of string/M theory on Anti-de Sitter …

Recent work is reviewed in which compactifications of string and M theory are constructed in
which all scalar fields (moduli) are massive, and supersymmetry is broken with a small …

We give a brief overview of the string landscape and techniques used to construct string
compactifications. We then explain how this motivates the notion of the swampland and …

A bstract In the Emergence Proposal in Quantum Gravity it is conjectured that all light-
particle kinetic terms are absent in the fundamental ultraviolet theory and are generated by …

A bstract As a refinement of the Swampland Distance Conjecture, we propose that a
quantum gravitational theory in an infinite distance limit of its moduli space either …

A bstract We test various conjectures about quantum gravity for six-dimensional string
compactifications in the framework of F-theory. Starting with a gauge theory coupled to …

String theory is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of modern theoretical
physics. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to recent developments …

We construct compact examples of D-manifolds for type IIB strings. The construction has a
natural interpretation in terms of compactification of a 12-dimensionalF-theory'. We provide …

A bstract Infinite distance limits in the moduli space of a quantum gravity theory are
characterized by having infinite towers of states becoming light, as dictated by the Distance …

We study compactifications of F-theory on certain Calabi-Yau threefolds. We find that N= 2
dualities of type II/heterotic strings in 4 dimensions get promoted to N= 1 dualities between …