Phymaths podcast # 54 || Guest: Dr. Miguel Montero

DescriptionDr. Miguel Montero is a theoretical physicist at IFT Madrid, working on string compactifications and the swampland program. The list of his works can be found below.Some links1) Dr. Montero's list of works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1272182?ui-citation-summary=true2) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@phymaths

My website: hassaansaleem.comJoin the Whatsapp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: [email protected]Time stamps(0:00) Coming Up(1:10) Intro of the guest(1:22) His current projects(4:28) What is the Swampland program?(11:24) Swampland conjectures vs string constructions(12:45) DGKT vs Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC)(23:20) Discovering R7 branes(30:02) Relationships between swampland conjectures(33:30) Emergent string conjecture(34:35) Distance conjecture and EFT breakdown(37:39) Metric used for distance conjecture(39:11) Swampland prediction for N=4 SU(N) SYM(42:46) Tom Banks' paper on string parameters(46:15) What is the dark dimension?(51:02) Similarity with Nima et al's idea?(55:03) Why achieving SUSY scale separation is hard?(59:22) Non SUSY scale separation(1:03:52) Scale separated CFTs(1:08:15) His interest in Physics(1:10:44) The book that got him interested(1:11:24) Importance of hardwork(1:20:05) How to choose problems to work on?(1:29:09) Good PhD advisor(1:31:00) Which PhD students to take?(1:35:22) Setting deadlines(1:38:02) (People's question) Surprising swampland conjecture?(1:40:40) (People's question) Favorite restaurant in Madrid