Dimensional Reduction of B-Fields in F-theory
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Publication:6397642
DOI10.4310/PAMQ.2022.V18.N4.A10arXiv2204.13146MaRDI QIDQ6397642FDOQ6397642
Authors: Sheldon Katz, Washington Taylor 
Publication date: 27 April 2022
Abstract: We describe the dimensional reduction of the IIB B-fields in F-theory using a conjectured description of normalizable B-fields in terms of perverse sheaves. Computations are facilitated using the Decomposition Theorem. Many of our descriptions are new, and all our results are all consistent with known results in physics. We also conjecture a physical framework for normalizable B-fields and show consistency with mathematics. We dedicate this paper to Herb Clemens, in admiration for his myriad fundamental contributions to complex algebraic geometry, together with his more recent interest in F-theory in physics. This paper deals with three of Herb's interests: Hodge theory, topology of algebraic varieties, and F-theory, and so is a fitting way for us to express our appreciation for his contributions over a period of more than five decades.
Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Sheaves in algebraic geometry (14F06) Dimensional compactification in quantum field theory (81T33)
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