The weak gravity conjecture: a review

D Harlow, B Heidenreich, M Reece… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
The Weak Gravity Conjecture holds that in a theory of quantum gravity, any gauge force
must mediate interactions stronger than gravity for some particles. This statement has …

Higher derivative supergravities in diverse dimensions

M Ozkan, Y Pang, E Sezgin - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
We survey on-shell and off-shell higher derivative supergravities in dimensions 1≤ D≤ 11.
Various approaches to their construction, including the Noether procedure,(harmonic) …

Corrections to AdS5 black hole thermodynamics from higher-derivative supergravity

D Cassani, A Ruipérez, E Turetta - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We study four-derivative corrections to five-dimensional minimal gauged
supergravity. We evaluate the on-shell action of the AdS 5 black hole solution with two …

Quantized strings and instantons in holography

FF Gautason, VGM Puletti, J van Muiden - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We study worldsheet instantons in holographic type IIA backgrounds directly in
string theory. The first background is a dimensional reduction of AdS 7× S 4 and is dual to …

Equivariant localization in supergravity

PB Genolini, JP Gauntlett, J Sparks - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We show that supersymmetric supergravity solutions with an R-symmetry Killing vector are
equipped with a set of equivariantly closed forms. Various physical observables may be …

Large N partition functions of the ABJM theory

N Bobev, J Hong, V Reys - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We study the large N limit of some supersymmetric partition functions of the U (N)
k× U (N)− k ABJM theory computed by supersymmetric localization. We conjecture an …

Higher derivative corrections and black holes

N Bobev, V Dimitrov, V Reys, A Vekemans - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Using recent results in four-derivative 5d N= 2 minimal gauged supergravity, we evaluate
the regularized on-shell action of the Euclidean solution in this theory that admits a …

[HTML][HTML] A compendium of logarithmic corrections in AdS/CFT

N Bobev, M David, J Hong, V Reys, X Zhang - Journal of High Energy …, 2024 - Springer
A bstract We study the logarithmic corrections to various CFT partition functions in the
context of the AdS 4/CFT 3 correspondence for theories arising on the worldvolume of M2 …

AdS5 holography and higher-derivative supergravity

N Bobev, K Hristov, V Reys - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract We study four-derivative corrections to 5d\(\mathcal {N}\)= 2 minimal gauged
supergravity using tools from conformal supergravity. There are two supersymmetric …

AdS7 black holes from rotating M5-branes

N Bobev, M David, J Hong, R Mouland - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We construct a general asymptotically locally AdS 7 stationary black hole solution
of 7d maximal gauged supergravity with three angular momenta and two electric charges …