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Charting the Complex Structure Landscape of F-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-12-31 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We explore the landscape of F-theory compactifications on Calabi--Yau fourfolds whose complex structure moduli space is the thrice-punctured sphere. As a first part, we enumerate all such Calabi--Yau fourfolds under the additional requirement that it has a large complex structure and conifold point at two of the punctures. We find 14 monodromy tuples by demanding the monodromy around infinity to be quasi-unipotent. As second part, we study the four different types of phases arising at infinity. For each we consider a working example where we determine the leading periods and other physical couplings. We also included a notebook that sets up the period vectors for any of these models.

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@article{arxiv.2404.03456,
  title  = {Charting the Complex Structure Landscape of F-theory},
  author = {Damian van de Heisteeg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.03456},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

35 pages plus appendices, 4 notebooks; typo's corrected

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