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On the Hodge structure of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds

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The Hodge numbers of generic elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds over toric base surfaces fill out the “shield” structure previously identified by Kreuzer and Skarke. The connectivity structure of these spaces and bounds on the Hodge numbers are illuminated by considerations from F-theory and the minimal model program. In particular, there is a rigorous bound on the Hodge number h 21 ≤ 491 for any elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefold. The threefolds with the largest known Hodge numbers are associated with a sequence of blow-ups of toric bases beginning with the Hirzebruch surface \( {\mathbb{F}_{{12}}} \) and ending with the toric base for the F-theory model with largest known gauge group.

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Taylor, W. On the Hodge structure of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 32 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2012)032

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