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Matter in transition
Lara B. Anderson, James Gray, Nikhil Raghuram +1
We explore a novel type of transition in certain 6D and 4D quantum field theories, in which the matter content of the theory changes while the gauge group and other parts of the sp…
The F-theory geometry with most flux vacua
Washington Taylor, Yi-Nan Wang
Applying the Ashok-Denef-Douglas estimation method to elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfolds suggests that a single elliptic fourfold gives rise to ${\cal O} (10^{272,0…
A Monte Carlo exploration of threefold base geometries for 4d F-theory vacua
Washington Taylor, Yi-Nan Wang
We use Monte Carlo methods to explore the set of toric threefold bases that support elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfolds for F-theory compactifications to four dimensions, and study the d…
-bundle bases and the prevalence of non-Higgsable structure in 4D F-theory models
James Halverson, Washington Taylor
We explore a large class of F-theory compactifications to four dimensions. We find evidence that gauge groups that cannot be Higgsed without breaking supersymmetry, often accompani…
General U(1)xU(1) F-theory Compactifications and Beyond: Geometry of unHiggsings and novel Matter Structure
Mirjam Cvetic, Denis Klevers, Hernan Piragua +1
We construct the general form of an F-theory compactification with two U(1) factors based on a general elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifold with Mordell-Weil group of rank two.…
Non-toric bases for elliptic Calabi-Yau threefolds and 6D F-theory vacua
Washington Taylor, Yi-Nan Wang
We develop a combinatorial approach to the construction of general smooth compact base surfaces that support elliptic Calabi-Yau threefolds. This extends previous analyses that hav…