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Global tensor-matter transitions in F-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-08-15 v2

Abstract

We use F-theory to study gauge algebra preserving transitions of 6d supergravity theories that are connected by superconformal points. While the vector multiplets remain unchanged, the hyper- and tensor multiplet sectors are modified. In 6d F-theory models, these transitions are realized by tuning the intersection points of two curves, one of them carrying a non-Abelian gauge algebra, to a (4,6,12) singularity, followed by a resolution in the base. The six-dimensional supergravity anomaly constraints are strong enough to completely fix the possible non-Abelian representations and to restrict the Abelian charges in the hypermultiplet sector affected by the transition, as we demonstrate for all Lie algebras and their representations. Furthermore, we present several examples of such transitions in torically resolved fibrations. In these smooth models, superconformal points lead to non-flat fibers which correspond to non-toric K\"ahler deformations of the torus-fibered Calabi-Yau 3-fold geometry.

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@article{arxiv.1804.07386,
  title  = {Global tensor-matter transitions in F-theory},
  author = {Markus Dierigl and Paul-Konstantin Oehlmann and Fabian Ruehle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.07386},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

68 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables, typos corrected, additional references, published version

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