PIRSA:19090116

String Theory Landscape and the Swampland

Vafa, C. (2019). String Theory Landscape and the Swampland. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/19090116

Vafa, Cumrun. String Theory Landscape and the Swampland. Perimeter Institute, Sep. 25, 2019, https://pirsa.org/19090116 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:19090116,
            doi = {10.48660/19090116},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/19090116},
            author = {Vafa, Cumrun},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {String Theory Landscape and the Swampland},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2019},
            month = {sep},
            note = {PIRSA:19090116 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Cumrun Vafa

Harvard University

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In this talk I review some of what we have learned from string theory about the criteria one needs for a quantum theory to be able to consistently couple to quantum gravity (the landscape) as opposed to one that looks consistent but cannot be consistently coupled to gravity (the swampland).  Moreover, I review some of the cosmological implications of these conditions for our universe.