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Local descriptions of the heterotic SU(3) moduli space

Differential Geometry 2025-03-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The heterotic SU(3)SU(3) system, also known as the Hull--Strominger system, arises from compactifications of heterotic string theory to six dimensions. This paper investigates the local structure of the moduli space of solutions to this system on a compact 6-manifold XX, using a vector bundle Q=(T1,0X)End(E)T1,0XQ=(T^{1,0}X)^* \oplus {End}(E) \oplus T^{1,0}X, where EXE\to X is the classical gauge bundle arising in the system. We establish that the moduli space has an expected dimension of zero. We achieve this by studying the deformation complex associated to a differential operator Dˉ\bar{D}, which emulates a holomorphic structure on QQ, and demonstrating an isomorphism between the two cohomology groups which govern the infinitesimal deformations and obstructions in the deformation theory for the system. We also provide a Dolbeault-type theorem linking these cohomology groups to \v{C}ech cohomology, a result which might be of independent interest, as well as potentially valuable for future research.

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@article{arxiv.2409.04382,
  title  = {Local descriptions of the heterotic SU(3) moduli space},
  author = {Hannah de Lázari and Jason D. Lotay and Henrique Sá Earp and Eirik Eik Svanes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.04382},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

v2: 34 pages, expanded introduction, example added, references updated; v3: 35 pages, new statement of the main theorem, remarks and references added, minor corrections, accepted in Comm. Math. Phys