6D Anomaly-Free Matter Spectrum in F-theory on Singular Spaces

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2022)182MaRDI QIDQ6380256arXivFDO

Authors Antonella Grassi, James Halverson, Cody Long, Julius L. Shaneson, Benjamin Sung, Jiahua Tian

Publication date 13 October 2021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

Abstract: In this paper we study the 6d localized charged matter spectrum of F-theory directly on a singular elliptic Calabi-Yau 3-fold, i.e. without smoothing via resolution or deformation of the entire fibration. Given only the base surface, discriminant locus, and the $SL(2,mathbbZ)$ local system, we propose a general prescription for determining the charged matter spectrum localized at intersections of seven-branes, using the technology of string junctions. More precisely, at each codimension-$2$ collision of seven-branes, we determine the local seven-brane content and compute the number of massless string junctions modulo the action of the $SL(2,mathbbZ)$ monodromy. We find agreement with the predicted results from $6$d anomaly cancellation in all cases considered. Examples include a generic Weierstrass model with arbitrary Kodaira fiber intersecting an $I_1$, as well as cases with jointly charged matter localized at intersections of non-abelian seven-branes.

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