A Quadrillion Standard Models from F-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-09-16 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
We present an explicit construction of globally consistent string compactifications that realize the exact chiral spectrum of the Standard Model of particle physics with gauge coupling unification in the context of F-theory. Utilizing the power of algebraic geometry, all global consistency conditions can be reduced to a single criterion on the base of the underlying elliptically fibered Calabi--Yau fourfolds. For toric bases, this criterion only depends on an associated polytope and is satisfied for at least bases, each of which defines a distinct compactification.
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@article{arxiv.1903.00009,
title = {A Quadrillion Standard Models from F-theory},
author = {Mirjam Cvetic and James Halverson and Ling Lin and Muyang Liu and Jiahua Tian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.00009},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
7 pages, double column; v3: improved and expanded discussion, technical details deferred to an added appendix