Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic Fibrations
Max Hübner, David R. Morrison, Sakura Schäfer-Nameki, Yi-Nan Wang
SciPost Phys. 13, 030 (2022) · published 19 August 2022
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.13.2.030
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Abstract
We realize higher-form symmetries in F-theory compactifications on non-compact elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds. Central to this endeavour is the topology of the boundary of the non-compact elliptic fibration, as well as the explicit construction of relative 2-cycles in terms of Lefschetz thimbles. We apply the analysis to a variety of elliptic fibrations, including geometries where the discriminant of the elliptic fibration intersects the boundary. We provide a concrete realization of the 1-form symmetry group by constructing the associated charged line operator from the elliptic fibration. As an application we compute the symmetry topological field theories in the case of elliptic three-folds, which correspond to mixed anomalies in 5d and 6d theories.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Max Hübner,
- 2 David R. Morrison,
- 3 Sakura Schäfer-Nameki,
- 4 Yi-Nan Wang
- 1 University of Pennsylvania [UPenn]
- 2 University of California, Santa Barbara [UCSB]
- 3 University of Oxford
- 4 北京大学 / Peking University [PKU]