5 papers
The DNA of Calabi-Yau Hypersurfaces
Nate MacFadden, Andreas Schachner, Elijah Sheridan
We implement Genetic Algorithms for triangulations of four-dimensional reflexive polytopes which induce Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces via Batyrev's construction. We demonstrat…
TASI Lectures on de Sitter Vacua
Liam McAllister, Andreas Schachner
These lectures provide a self-contained introduction to flux compactifications of type IIB string theory on Calabi-Yau orientifolds. The first lecture begins with geometric foundat…
Bayesian inference on Calabi--Yau moduli spaces and the axiverse: experimental data meets string theory
Mudit Jain, Elijah Sheridan, David J. E. Marsh +3
We develop tools of Bayesian inference on the moduli space of Calabi--Yau (CY) manifolds. We sample from the invariant Weil--Petersson (WP) measure using Markov Chain Monte Carlo a…
A Fuzzy Axiverse from String Theory
Andreas Schachner
In this talk, I showcase models for fuzzy axion dark matter within the framework of type IIB string theory, focusing on axions originating from the Ramond-Ramond four-form in compa…
Fuzzy Axions and Associated Relics
Elijah Sheridan, Federico Carta, Naomi Gendler +6
We study fuzzy axion dark matter in type IIB string theory, for axions descending from the Ramond-Ramond four-form in compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces.…