Holography and the KKLT Scenario

by Severin Lüst (Harvard University)

Thursday 22 Sept 2022, 14:00 → 16:00 Europe/Berlin

Main/0-174 - Auditorium (Main)

The KKLT scenario, one of the few ideas to realize dS vacua in string theory, consists of two steps: the first involves the construction of a supersymmetric AdS vacuum with a small negative cosmological constant, and the second involves breaking supersymmetry and uplifting the energy to achieve dS. In this talk I discuss conventional holography to argue why it is not possible to complete the first step. This is obtained this by putting a bound on the central charge of the dual theory which involves branes wrapping special Lagrangian cycles in CY 4-folds.