$\frac{1}{2}$Calabi-Yau 4-folds and four-dimensional F-theory on Calabi-Yau 4-folds with U(1) factors

Abstract

In this study, four-dimensional $N=1$ F-theory models with multiple U(1) gauge group factors are constructed. A class of rational elliptic 4-folds, which we call as "$\frac{1}{2}$Calabi-Yau 4-folds," is introduced, and we construct the elliptically fibered 4-folds by utilizing them. This yields a novel approach for building families of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau 4-folds with positive Mordell-Weil ranks. The introduced $\frac{1}{2}$Calabi-Yau 4-folds possess the characteristic property wherein the sum of the ranks of the singularity type and the Mordell-Weil group is always equal to six. This interesting property enables us to construct the elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau 4-folds of various positive Mordell-Weil ranks. From one to six U(1) factors form in four-dimensional F-theory on the resulting Calabi-Yau 4-folds. We also propose the geometric condition on the base 3-fold of the built Calabi-Yau 4-folds that allows four-dimensional F-theory models that have heterotic duals to be distinguished from those that do not.

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