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Unorientable supersymmetric compactifications of M-theory
Ilarion V. Melnikov, Ruben Minasian
We discuss orbifold compactifications of the type II string, where the orbifold combines a free action on a base manifold and the symmetry which…
Shift orbifolds, decompactification limits, and lattices
Dan Israel, Ilarion V. Melnikov, Yann Proto
We describe the general shift orbifold of a Narain CFT and use this to investigate decompactification limits in the heterotic Narain moduli space. We also comment on higher rank th…
The stringy geometry of integral cohomology in mirror symmetry
Peng Cheng, Ilarion V. Melnikov, Ruben Minasian
We examine the physical significance of torsion co-cycles in the cohomology of a projective Calabi-Yau three-fold for the (2,2) superconformal field theory (SCFT) associated to the…
A twist at infinite distance in the CHL string
Veronica Collazuol, Ilarion V. Melnikov
We analyze a space-time algebra of BPS states that emerges in the infinite distance limit in the moduli space of the nine-dimensional CHL string as the theory decompactifies to the…
Topology change and heterotic flux vacua
Dan Israel, Ilarion V. Melnikov, Ruben Minasian +1
We investigate the interrelation between topology and Narain T-duality of heterotic flux vacua. We present evidence that all 5 and 4-dimensional Minkowski space heterotic flux back…
Quantum cohomology from mixed Higgs-Coulomb branches
W. Gu, I. V. Melnikov, E. Sharpe
We generalize Coulomb-branch-based gauged linear sigma model (GLSM)-based computations of quantum cohomology rings of Fano spaces. Typically such computations have focused on GLSMs…