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Effective Field Theory of Noncritical M-theory from Bosonization
Patrick Jefferson, Tokiro Numasawa
We extend the coadjoint orbit approach to bosonization systematized by Delacretaz-Du-Mehta-Son to double-scaled non-relativistic Fermi liquids with central inverted harmonic oscill…
Phase space of Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity with positive cosmological constant
Elba Alonso-Monsalve, Daniel Harlow, Patrick Jefferson
In this paper we construct the classical phase space of Jackiw-Teitelboim gravity with positive cosmological constant on spatial slices with circle topology. This turns out to be s…
Intersection Theory on Weighted Blowups of F-theory Vacua
Veronica Arena, Patrick Jefferson, Stephen Obinna
Generalizing the results of 1211.6077 and 1703.00905, we prove a formula for the pushforward of an arbitrary analytic function of the exceptional divisor class of a weighted blowup…
Chiral spectrum of the universal tuned 4D F-theory model
Patrick Jefferson, Washington Taylor, Andrew P. Turner
We use the recently developed methods of 2108.07810 to analyze vertical flux backgrounds and associated chiral matter spectra in the 4D universal $(\text{SU}(3) \times \text{SU}(2)…
On the intermediate Jacobian of M5-branes
Patrick Jefferson, Manki Kim
We study Euclidean M5-branes wrapping vertical divisors in elliptic Calabi-Yau fourfold compactifications of M/F-theory that admit a Sen limit. We construct these Calabi-Yau fourfo…
Generating functions for intersection products of divisors in resolved F-theory models
Patrick Jefferson, Andrew P. Turner
Building on the approach of 1703.00905, we present an efficient algorithm for computing topological intersection numbers of divisors in a broad class of elliptic fibrations with th…
Chiral matter multiplicities and resolution-independent structure in 4D F-theory models
Patrick Jefferson, Washington Taylor, Andrew P. Turner
Motivated by questions related to the landscape of flux compactifications, we combine new and existing techniques into a systematic, streamlined approach for computing vertical flu…
USp(4)-models
Mboyo Esole, Patrick Jefferson
We study the geometry of elliptic fibrations satisfying the conditions of Step 2 of Tate's algorithm with a discriminant of valuation 4. We call such geometries USp(4)-models, as t…
Twisted Circle Compactifications of 6d SCFTs
Lakshya Bhardwaj, Patrick Jefferson, Hee-Cheol Kim +2
We study 6d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) compactified on a circle with arbitrary twists. The theories obtained after compactification, often referred to as 5d Kaluza-Klein…
The Geometry of SO(3), SO(5), and SO(6) models
Mboyo Esole, Patrick Jefferson
SO(3), SO(5), and SO(6)-models are singular elliptic fibrations with Mordell--Weil torsion Z/2Z and singular fibers whose dual fibers correspond to affine Dynkin diagrams of type A…
SCFTs, Holography, and Topological Strings
Hirotaka Hayashi, Patrick Jefferson, Hee-Cheol Kim +2
We show that the non-gravitational sectors of certain 6d and 5d supergravity theories can be decomposed into superconformal field theories (SCFTs) which are coupled together by pai…
Classifying 5d SCFTs via 6d SCFTs: Arbitrary rank
Lakshya Bhardwaj, Patrick Jefferson
According to a conjecture, all 5d SCFTs should be obtainable by rank-preserving RG flows of 6d SCFTs compactified on a circle possibly twisted by a background for the discrete glob…
Classifying 5d SCFTs via 6d SCFTs: Rank one
Lakshya Bhardwaj, Patrick Jefferson
Following a recent proposal, we delineate a general procedure to classify 5d SCFTs via compactifications of 6d SCFTs on a circle (possibly with a twist by a discrete global symmetr…
Characteristic numbers of crepant resolutions of Weierstrass models
Mboyo Esole, Monica Jinwoo Kang
We compute characteristic numbers of crepant resolutions of Weierstrass models corresponding to elliptically fibered fourfolds dual in F-theory to a gauge theory with gauge gro…
On Geometric Classification of 5d SCFTs
Patrick Jefferson, Sheldon Katz, Hee-Cheol Kim +1
We formulate geometric conditions necessary for engineering 5d superconformal field theories (SCFTs) via M-theory compactification on a local Calabi-Yau 3-fold. Extending the class…
Towards Classification of 5d SCFTs: Single Gauge Node
Patrick Jefferson, Hee-Cheol Kim, Cumrun Vafa +1
We propose a number of apparently equivalent criteria necessary for the consistency of a 5d SCFT in its Coulomb phase and use these criteria to classify 5d SCFTs arising from a gau…
The Geometry of F-Models
Mboyo Esole, Patrick Jefferson, Monica Jinwoo Kang
We study the geometry of elliptic fibrations satisfying the conditions of Step 8 of Tate's algorithm. We call such geometries F-models, as the dual graph of their special fiber…
Punctures for Theories of Class
Jonathan J. Heckman, Patrick Jefferson, Tom Rudelius +1
With the aim of understanding compactifications of 6D superconformal field theories to four dimensions, we study punctures for theories of class . The class $\mathca…
Negative Branes, Supergroups and the Signature of Spacetime
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Ben Heidenreich, Patrick Jefferson +1
We study the realization of supergroup gauge theories using negative branes in string theory. We show that negative branes are intimately connected with the possibility of timelike…