On nonsupersymmetric C^4/Z_N, tachyons, terminal singularities and flips

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2010)019MaRDI QIDQ365062zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. Narayan

Publication date 3 September 2013

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3374

zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupspacetime singularitiestachyon condensation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Minimal model program (Mori theory, extremal rays) (14E30) Singularities of surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J17) Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Abstract: We investigate nonsupersymmetric $B{C}^4/B{Z}_N$ orbifold singularities using their description in terms of the string worldsheet conformal field theory and its close relation with the toric geometry description of these singularities and their possible resolutions. Analytic and numerical study strongly suggest the absence of nonsupersymmetric Type II terminal singularities (i.e. with no marginal or relevant blowup modes) so that there are always moduli or closed string tachyons that give rise to resolutions of these singularities, although supersymmetric and Type 0 terminal singularities do exist. Using gauged linear sigma models, we analyze the phase structure of these singularities, which often involves 4-dimensional flip transitions, occurring between resolution endpoints of distinct topology. We then discuss 4-dim analogs of unstable conifold-like singularities that exhibit flips, in particular their Type II GSO projection and the phase structure. We also briefly discuss aspects of M2-branes stacked at such singularities and nonsupersymmetric $Ad{S}_{4}imes{S}^7/B{Z}_N$ backgrounds.

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