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We initiate the program of bottom-up derivation of string theory dualities using Swampland principles. In particular, we clarify the relation between Swampland arguments and all the string theory dualities in d ≥ 9 dimensional supersymmetric theories. Our arguments center around the sharpened distance conjecture and rely on various other Swampland principles.
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We thank Miguel Montero, Houri Christina Tarazi, and Cumrun Vafa for many insightful discussions. YH would like to thank Harvard University and University of Wisconsin-Madison for their hospitality during part of this work. The work of AB is supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (602883, CV) and by the NSF grant PHY-2013858. The work of YH is supported in part by MEXT Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers Grant Number JPMXS0320210099.
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Bedroya, A., Hamada, Y. Dualities from Swampland principles. J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2024)086
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