Geometric Bounds on the 1-Form Gauge Sector

arXiv2212.11915MaRDI QIDQ6421430FDOQ6421430

Seung-Joo Lee, Paul-Konstantin Oehlmann

Publication date: 22 December 2022

Abstract: We classify the allowed structures of the discrete 1-form gauge sector in six-dimensional supergravity theories realized as F-theory compactifications. This provides upper bounds on the 1-form gauge factors $mathbb{Z}_m$ and in particular demands each cyclic factor to obey $mleq6$. Our bounds correspond to the universal geometric constraints on the torsion subgroup of the Mordell-Weil group of elliptic Calabi-Yau three-folds. For any F-theory vacua with at least one tensor multiplet, we derive the constraints from the $mathbb{P}^1$ fibration structure of the base two-fold and identify their physical origin in terms of the worldsheet symmetry of the associated effective heterotic string. The bounds are also extended to the F-theory vacua with no tensor multiplets via a specific deformation of the theory followed by a small instanton transition, along which the 1-form gauge sector is not reduced. We envision that our geometric bounds can be promoted to a swampland constraint on any six-dimensional gravitational theories with minimal supersymmetry and also extend them to four-dimensional F-theory vacua.

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