# Entropy Bounds on Effective Field Theory from Rotating Dyonic Black   Holes

**Authors:** Clifford Cheung, Junyu Liu, Grant N. Remmen

arXiv: 1903.09156 · 2019-08-06

## TL;DR

This paper establishes new bounds on effective field theory operators using rotating dyonic black holes, showing these bounds support the weak gravity conjecture and are invariant under electromagnetic duality.

## Contribution

It derives basis-invariant inequalities on higher-dimension operators from black hole entropy considerations, linking them to the weak gravity conjecture.

## Key findings

- Bounds are consistent with string theory examples.
- Effective operators alter black hole extremality conditions.
- Results support the weak gravity conjecture.

## Abstract

We derive new bounds on higher-dimension operator coefficients in four-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell theory. Positivity of classically-generated corrections to the Wald entropy of thermodynamically stable, rotating dyonic black holes implies a multiparameter family of field basis invariant inequalities that exhibit electromagnetic duality and are satisfied by examples from field and string theory. These bounds imply that effective operators modify the extremality condition of large black holes so as to permit their decay to smaller ones, thus satisfying the weak gravity conjecture.

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