Charting the complex structure landscape of F-theory

Abstract We explore the landscape of F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds whose complex structure moduli space is the thrice-punctured sphere. As a first part, we enumerate all such Calabi-Yau fourfolds under the additional requirement that it has a large complex structure and conifold...

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Main Author: Damian van de Heisteeg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)150
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Summary:Abstract We explore the landscape of F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds whose complex structure moduli space is the thrice-punctured sphere. As a first part, we enumerate all such Calabi-Yau fourfolds under the additional requirement that it has a large complex structure and conifold point at two of the punctures. We find 14 monodromy tuples by demanding the monodromy around infinity to be quasi-unipotent. As second part, we study the four different types of phases arising at infinity. For each we consider a working example where we determine the leading periods and other physical couplings. We also included a notebook that sets up the period vectors for any of these models.
ISSN:1029-8479