Lie groups, Calabi-Yau threefolds, and F-theory
From MaRDI portal
Publication:5929537
DOI10.4310/ATMP.2000.V4.N1.A2zbMATH Open0992.81060arXivhep-th/0002012WikidataQ115205941 ScholiaQ115205941MaRDI QIDQ5929537
Author name not available (Why is that?)
Publication date: 5 April 2001
Published in: (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The F-theory vacuum constructed from an elliptic Calabi-Yau threefold with section yields an effective six-dimensional theory. The Lie algebra of the gauge sector of this theory and its representation on the space of massless hypermultiplets are shown to be determined by the intersection theory of the homology of the Calabi-Yau threefold. (Similar statements hold for M-theory and the type IIA string compactified on the threefold, where there is also a dependence on the expectation values of the Ramond-Ramond fields.) We describe general rules for computing the hypermultiplet spectrum of any F-theory vacuum, including vacua with non-simply-laced gauge groups. The case of monodromy acting on a curve of A_even singularities is shown to be particularly interesting and leads to some unexpected rules for how 2-branes are allowed to wrap certain 2-cycles. We also review the peculiar numerical predictions for the geometry of elliptic Calabi-Yau threefolds with section which arise from anomaly cancellation in six dimensions.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0002012
No records found.
No records found.
This page was built for publication: Lie groups, Calabi-Yau threefolds, and F-theory
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5929537)
