Weak coupling, degeneration and log Calabi-Yau spaces

DOI10.4310/PAMQ.2013.V9.N4.A4zbMATH Open1305.81119arXiv1212.0553MaRDI QIDQ489948FDOQ489948

Authors: Sheldon Katz, Ron Donagi, Martijn P. Wijnholt 

Publication date: 21 January 2015

Published in: Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We establish a new weak coupling limit in F-theory. The new limit may be thought of as the process in which a local model bubbles off from the rest of the Calabi-Yau. The construction comes with a small deformation parameter $t$ such that computations in the local model become exact as $to0$. More generally, we advocate a modular approach where compact Calabi-Yau geometries are obtained by gluing together local pieces (log Calabi-Yau spaces) into a normal crossing variety and smoothing, in analogy with a similar cutting and gluing approach to topological field theories. We further argue for a holographic relation between F-theory on a degenerate Calabi-Yau and a dual theory on its boundary, which fits nicely with the gluing construction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0553

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zbMATH Keywords

smoothingelliptic fibrationCalabi-Yaustring compactification\(F\)-theoryvariation of Hodge structuresemi-stable degeneration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fibrations, degenerations in algebraic geometry (14D06) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Mirror symmetry (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J33) Variation of Hodge structures (algebro-geometric aspects) (14D07)

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