# The dS Swampland Conjecture, Non-BPS branes and K-theory

- Institution: CERN
- Department: Conferences & Workshops
- Speaker: Max Brinkmann
- Year: 2019
- Language: English
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3019596)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The de Sitter swampland conjecture would be falsified if classical fluxed Type IIA orientifold vacua with a single non-BPS D7-brane were indeed part of the string theory landscape. In other words, the dS swampland conjecture implies the cancellation of K-theory charges on a compact space..

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## Lectures

1. [The dS Swampland Conjecture, Non-BPS branes and K-theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3019596/6c37cc005a08), 13 min (CERN's player)