Compactness of brane moduli and the String Lamppost Principle in d > 6

Abstract

Abstract We demonstrate the validity of the String Lamppost Principle — that all consistent theories of quantum gravity are in the String Landscape — for supersymmetric theories in d > 6 using compactness and connectedness of the moduli space of small instantons, as well as the classification of the associated Coulomb branch.

Keywords

• Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories
• Superstring Vacua
• Supersymmetric Gauge Theory