Quotients of the conifold in compact Calabi-Yau threefolds, and new topological transitions

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2010.V14.N3.A6zbMATH Open1242.14038arXiv0911.0708MaRDI QIDQ646473FDOQ646473

Rhys Davies

Publication date: 17 November 2011

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The moduli space of multiply-connected Calabi-Yau threefolds is shown to contain codimension-one loci on which the corresponding variety develops a certain type of hyperquotient singularity. These have local descriptions as discrete quotients of the conifold, and are referred to here as hyperconifolds. In many (or possibly all) cases such a singularity can be resolved to yield a distinct compact Calabi-Yau manifold. These considerations therefore provide a method for embedding an interesting class of singularities in compact Calabi-Yau varieties, and for constructing new Calabi-Yau manifolds. It is unclear whether the transitions described can be realised in string theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0708

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zbMATH Keywords

Calabi-Yau manifoldgeometric transitionconifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) Calabi-Yau theory (complex-analytic aspects) (32Q25)

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