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On Algorithmic Universality in F-theory Compactifications

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-12-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study universality of geometric gauge sectors in the string landscape in the context of F-theory compactifications. A finite time construction algorithm is presented for 43×2.96×10755\frac43 \times 2.96 \times 10^{755} F-theory geometries that are connected by a network of topological transitions in a connected moduli space. High probability geometric assumptions uncover universal structures in the ensemble without explicitly constructing it. For example, non-Higgsable clusters of seven-branes with intricate gauge sectors occur with probability above 11.01×107551-1.01\times 10^{-755}, and the geometric gauge group rank is above 160160 with probability .999995.999995. In the latter case there are at least 1010 E8E_8 factors, the structure of which fixes the gauge groups on certain nearby seven-branes. Visible sectors may arise from E6E_6 or SU(3)SU(3) seven-branes, which occur in certain random samples with probability 1/200\simeq 1/200.

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@article{arxiv.1706.02299,
  title  = {On Algorithmic Universality in F-theory Compactifications},
  author = {James Halverson and Cody Long and Benjamin Sung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02299},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures

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