Non-flat elliptic four-folds, three-form cohomology and strongly coupled theories in four dimensions
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Publication:1980649
DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2021)097zbMATH Open1469.81074arXiv2102.10722OpenAlexW3131350760MaRDI QIDQ1980649
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Publication date: 8 September 2021
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Abstract: In this note we consider smooth elliptic Calabi-Yau four-folds whose fiber ceases to be flat over compact Riemann surfaces of genus in the base. These non-flat fibers contribute Kaehler moduli to the four-fold but also add to the three-form cohomology for . In F-/M-theory these sectors are to be interpreted as compactifications of six/five dimensional superconformal matter theories. The three-form cohomology leads to additional chiral singlets proportional to the dimension of five dimensional Coulomb branch of those sectors. We construct explicit examples for E-string theories as well as higher rank cases. For the E-string theories we further investigate conifold transitions that remove those non-flat fibers. First, we show how non-flat fibers can be deformed from curves down to isolated points in the base. This removes the chiral singlet of the three-forms and leads to non-perturbative four-point couplings among matter fields which can be understood as remnants of the former E-string. Alternatively, the non-flat fibers can be avoided by performing birational base changes, analogous to 6D tensor branches. For compact bases these transitions alternate all Hodge numbers but leave the Euler number invariant.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.10722
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