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Classification of discrete modular symmetries in Type IIB flux vacua

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-05-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We classify discrete modular symmetries in the effective action of Type IIB string on toroidal orientifolds with three-form fluxes, emphasizing on T6/Z2T^6/\mathbb{Z}_2 and T6/(Z2×Z2)T^6/(\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2^\prime) orientifold backgrounds. On the three-form flux background, the modular group is spontaneously broken down to its congruence subgroup whose pattern is severely constrained by a quantization of fluxes and tadpole cancellation conditions. We explicitly demonstrate that the congruence subgroups appearing in the effective action arise on magnetized D-branes wrapping certain cycles of tori.

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@article{arxiv.2001.07972,
  title  = {Classification of discrete modular symmetries in Type IIB flux vacua},
  author = {Tatsuo Kobayashi and Hajime Otsuka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.07972},
  year   = {2020}
}

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22 pages, v2: published version, typos corrected