Restrictions on infinite sequences of type IIB vacua

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2011)091zbMATH Open1303.81149arXiv1108.1394OpenAlexW3106316651MaRDI QIDQ489548FDOQ489548

Authors: Andreas P. Braun, Niklas Johansson, Magdalena Larfors, Nils-Ole Walliser 

Publication date: 20 January 2015

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

Abstract: Ashok and Douglas have shown that infinite sequences of type IIB flux vacua with imaginary self-dual flux can only occur in so-called D-limits, corresponding to singular points in complex structure moduli space. In this work we refine this no-go result by demonstrating that there are no infinite sequences accumulating to the large complex structure point of a certain class of one-parameter Calabi-Yau manifolds. We perform a similar analysis for conifold points and for the decoupling limit, obtaining identical results. Furthermore, we establish the absence of infinite sequences in a D-limit corresponding to the large complex structure limit of a two-parameter Calabi-Yau. In particular, our results demonstrate analytically that the series of vacua recently discovered by Ahlqvist et al., seemingly accumulating to the large complex structure point, are finite. We perform a numerical study of these series close to the large complex structure point using appropriate approximations for the period functions. This analysis reveals that the series bounce out from the large complex structure point, and that the flux eventually ceases to be imaginary self-dual. Finally, we study D-limits for F-theory compactifications on K3 imes K3 for which the finiteness of supersymmetric vacua is already established. We do find infinite sequences of flux vacua which are, however, identified by automorphisms of K3.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1394

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zbMATH Keywords

F-theoryflux compactificationssuperstring vacua

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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