F-Theory with Quantized Fluxes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We present evidence that the CHL string in eight dimensions is dual to F-theory compactified on an elliptic K3 with a monodromy group. The monodromy group allows one to turn on the flux of an antisymmetric two form along the base. The flux is quantized and therefore the moduli space of the CHL string is disconnected from the moduli space of F-theory/Heterotic strings (as expected). The non-zero flux obstructs certain deformations restricting the moduli of elliptic K3 to a 10 dimensional moduli space. We also discuss how one can reconstruct the gauge groups from the elliptic fibration structure.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9805056,
title = {F-Theory with Quantized Fluxes},
author = {Michael Bershadsky and Tony Pantev and Vladimir Sadov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9805056},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
41 pages, harvmac, 35 figures, references corrected