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DTSTART:20151201T213000Z
DTEND:20151201T223000Z
DTSTAMP:20260419T110544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151124T223131Z
LOCATION:5280 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Membranes\, monodromy\, and the weak gravity conjecture\, Theo
 ry Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology)\, Miguel Montero\, Universidad Auto
 noma de Madrid
DESCRIPTION:Instantons coming from the Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) o
 ften<br>
\nraise issues with large field inflationary models coming fr
 om axions.<br>
\nThese issues are famously absent for monodromic infla
 tionary models\, in<br>
\nwhich the axion rolls many times its fundame
 ntal period. However\, a<br>
\ndifferent version of the WGC\, the 3-fo
 rm WGC\, predicts the existence of<br>
\nmembranes which can mediate f
 ast transitions along the axion potential.<br>
\nI will discuss the va
 lidity of the 3-form WGC\, how typical monodromy<br>
\ninflation model
 s are not threatened by membrane-mediated transitions\,<br>
\nand some
  other details of membrane physics.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3837
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