PIRSA:15050117

The Weak Gravity Conjecture, Natural Inflation, and the Conformal Bootstrap

de la Fuente, A. (2015). The Weak Gravity Conjecture, Natural Inflation, and the Conformal Bootstrap. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050117

de la Fuente, Anton. The Weak Gravity Conjecture, Natural Inflation, and the Conformal Bootstrap. Perimeter Institute, May. 19, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15050117 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15050117,
            doi = {10.48660/15050117},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15050117},
            author = {de la Fuente, Anton},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Weak Gravity Conjecture, Natural Inflation, and the Conformal Bootstrap},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:15050117 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Anton de la Fuente

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There have been recent claims that the weak gravity conjecture (WGC) rules out multi-field natural inflation. I review these claims and then show how 2-field natural inflation can be consistent with even the most stringent form of WGC. I also discuss my recent attempt at numerically proving the WGC via the conformal bootstrap.