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Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic Fibrations
by Max Hubner, David R. Morrison, Sakura Schafer-Nameki, Yi-Nan Wang
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Max Hubner · Yinan Wang |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.10022v3 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2022-07-29 |
| Date submitted: | 2022-07-20 03:26 |
| Submitted by: | Hubner, Max |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Theoretical |
Abstract
We realize higher-form symmetries in F-theory compactifications on non-compact elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds. Central to this endeavour is the topology of the boundary of the non-compact elliptic fibration, as well as the explicit construction of relative 2-cycles in terms of Lefschetz thimbles. We apply the analysis to a variety of elliptic fibrations, including geometries where the discriminant of the elliptic fibration intersects the boundary. We provide a concrete realization of the 1-form symmetry group by constructing the associated charged line operator from the elliptic fibration. As an application we compute the symmetry topological field theories in the case of elliptic three-folds, which correspond to mixed anomalies in 5d and 6d theories.
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Published as SciPost Phys. 13, 030 (2022)