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In this paper, we propose a version of the Swampland Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) for higher-spin (HS) massive topological AdS₃ gravity. We demonstrate that the conjecture can be formulated in terms of mass Mhs, charge Qhs and coupling constant ghs of 3D gravity coupled to higher spin fields as Mhs≤√2 Qhs ghs MPl.
To the best of our knowledge, this question has not been explored in the literature. While the WGC has been studied in a distinct setup—where the gravitational and gauge sectors remain decoupled by considering 3D gravity in addition to a U(1) gauge field—it has not yet been established for massive AdS₃ gravity in the Chern-Simons formulation coupled to higher-spin fields.
In this work, we aim to bridge this gap by formulating a super-extremality bound for the higher-spin BTZ black hole, extending the WGC framework to this context to regulate the discharge of unstable higher spin BTZ black holes.
| Abstract Category | Astrophysics & Cosmology |
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