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The gravitational sector of 2d (0, 2) F-theory vacua

  • Craig Lawrie
  • Sakura Schäfer-Nameki
  • Timo Weigand
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Abstract

F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fivefolds give rise to two-dimensional N = (0, 2) supersymmetric field theories coupled to gravity. We explore the dilaton supergravity defined by the moduli sector of such compactifications. The massless moduli spectrum is found by uplifting Type IIB compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds. This spectrum matches expectations from duality with M-theory on the same elliptic fibration. The latter defines an N = 2 Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics related to the 2d (0, 2) F-theory supergravity via circle reduction. Using our recent results on the gravitational anomalies of duality twisted D3-branes wrapping curves in Calabi-Yau fivefolds we show that the F-theory spectrum is anomaly free. We match the classical Chern-Simons terms of the M-theory Super Quantum Mechanics to one-loop contributions to the effective action by S 1 reduction of the dual F-theory.

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F-Theory Superstring Vacua 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Craig Lawrie
    • 1
  • Sakura Schäfer-Nameki
    • 2
  • Timo Weigand
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut für Theoretische PhysikRuprecht-Karls-UniversitätHeidelbergGermany
  2. 2.Mathematical InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordU.K.

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