Journal
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2015)158
Keywords
F-Theory; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Conformal and W Symmetry; Anomalies in Field and String Theories
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Funding
- NSF [PHY-1067976, PHY-1307513]
- DOE [DE-FG02-92ER-40697]
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1067976] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1307513] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We study how to couple a 6D superconformal field theory (SCFT) to gravity. In F-theory, the models in question are obtained working on the supersymmetric background R-5,R-1 x B where B is the base of a compact elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau threefold in which two-cycles have contracted to zero size. When the base has orbifold singularities, we find that the anomaly polynomial of the 6D SCFTs can be understood purely in terms of the intersection theory of fractional divisors: the anomaly coefficient vectors are identified with elements of the orbifold homology. This also explains why in certain cases, the SCFT can appear to contribute a fraction of a hypermultiplet to the anomaly polynomial. Quantization of the lattice of string charges also predicts the existence of additional light states beyond those captured by such fractional divisors. This amounts to a refinement to the lattice of divisors in the resolved geometry. We illustrate these general considerations with explicit examples, focusing on the case of F-theory on an elliptic Calabi-Yau threefold with base P-2/Z(3).
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