Hypercharge flux in F-theory and the stable Sen limit

Abstract

IIB compactifications enjoy the possibility to break GUT groups via fluxes without giving mass to the hypercharge gauge field. Although this important advantage has greatly motivated F-theory constructions, no such fluxes have been constructed directly in terms of the M-theory $G_4$-form. In this note, we give a general prescription for constructing hypercharge G-fluxes. By using a stable version of Sen's weak coupling limit, we verify their connection with IIB fluxes. We illustrate the lift of fluxes in a number of examples, including a compact $\mathrm{SU}(5)\times \mathrm{U}(1)$ model with explicit realization of doublet-triplet splitting. Finally, we prove an equivalence conjectured in an earlier work as a by-product.

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