{
  "id": "hep-th/0606277",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-06-29T21:16:30.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-06-29T21:16:30.000Z",
  "title": "A note on Gauge Theories Coupled to Gravity",
  "authors": [
    "Tom Banks",
    "Matt Johnson",
    "Assaf Shomer"
  ],
  "comment": "15 pages, 1 figure, Latex",
  "journal": "JHEP0609:049,2006",
  "doi": "10.1088/1126-6708/2006/09/049",
  "categories": [
    "hep-th",
    "gr-qc",
    "hep-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We analyze the bound on gauge couplings $e\\geq m/m_p$, suggested by Arkani-Hamed et.al. We show this bound can be derived from simple semi-classical considerations and holds in spacetime dimensions greater than or equal to four. Non abelian gauge symmetries seem to satisfy the bound in a trivial manner. We comment on the case of discrete symmetries and close by performing some checks for the bound in higher dimensions in the context of string theory.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-06-29T21:16:30.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "gauge theories",
      "non abelian gauge symmetries",
      "spacetime dimensions greater",
      "discrete symmetries",
      "trivial manner"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "IOP",
      "journal": "Journal of High Energy Physics",
      "year": 2006,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 2006,
      "number": 9,
      "pages": "049"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 15,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 720526,
      "adsabs": "2006JHEP...09..049B"
    }
  }
}