SU(N) transitions in M-theory on Calabi-Yau fourfolds and background fluxes
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Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Toric varieties, Newton polyhedra, Okounkov bodies (14M25) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)
Abstract: We study M-theory on a Calabi-Yau fourfold with a smooth surface of singularities. The resulting three-dimensional theory has a gauge theory sector, which we obtain from a twisted dimensional reduction of a seven-dimensional gauge theory on the surface . A variant of the Vafa-Witten equations governs the moduli space of the gauge theory, which, for a trivial principal bundle over , admits a Coulomb and a Higgs branch. In M-theory these two gauge theory branches arise from a resolution and a deformation to smooth Calabi-Yau fourfolds, respectively. We find that the deformed Calabi-Yau fourfold associated to the Higgs branch requires for consistency a non-trivial four-form background flux in M-theory. The flat directions of the flux-induced superpotential are in agreement with the gauge theory prediction for the moduli space of the Higgs branch. We illustrate our findings with explicit examples that realize the Coulomb and Higgs phase transition in Calabi-Yau fourfolds embedded in weighted projective spaces. We generalize and enlarge this class of examples to Calabi-Yau fourfolds embedded in toric varieties with an singularity in codimension two.
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