F-theory GUT vacua on compact Calabi-Yau fourfolds

We present compact three-generation F-theory GUT models meeting in particular the constraints of D3-tadpole cancellation and D-term supersymmetry. To this end we explicitly construct elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau fourfolds as complete intersections in a toric ambient space. Toric methods enable us...

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Main Authors: Grimm, Thomas W. (Author) , Krause, Sven (Author) , Weigand, Timo (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 12 July 2010
In: Journal of high energy physics
Year: 2010, Issue: 7
ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP07(2010)037
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2010)037
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2010)037
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Author Notes:Thomas W. Grimm, Sven Krause and Timo Weigand
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Summary:We present compact three-generation F-theory GUT models meeting in particular the constraints of D3-tadpole cancellation and D-term supersymmetry. To this end we explicitly construct elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau fourfolds as complete intersections in a toric ambient space. Toric methods enable us to control the singular geometry of the SU(5) GUT model. The GUT brane wraps a non-generic del Pezzo surface admitting GUT symmetry breaking via hypercharge flux. It is contractible to a curve and we demonstrate the existence of a consistent decoupling limit. We compute the Euler characteristic of the singular Calabi-Yau fourfold to show that our three-generation flux solutions obtained via the spectral cover construction are consistent with D3-tadpole cancellation.
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ISSN:1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP07(2010)037