Infrared consistency and the weak gravity conjecture

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Cheung, Clifford ^a   Remmen, Grant N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical Theories of Gravity; Electromagnetic Processes and Properties; Gauge Symmetry; Scattering Amplitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917707234     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2014)087     Document Type: Article

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