The Frozen Phase of Heterotic F-theory Duality

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Main Authors: Oehlmann, Paul-Konstantin, Ruehle, Fabian, Sung, Benjamin
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author Oehlmann, Paul-Konstantin
Ruehle, Fabian
Sung, Benjamin
author_facet Oehlmann, Paul-Konstantin
Ruehle, Fabian
Sung, Benjamin
contents We study the duality between the Spin$(32)/\mathbb{Z}_2$ heterotic string without vector structure and F-theory with frozen singularities. We give a complete description in theories with $6$d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ supersymmetry and identify the duals of Spin$(32)/\mathbb{Z}_2$-instantons on ADE singularities without vector structure in the frozen phase of F-theory using an ansatz introduced by Bhardwaj, Morrison, Tachikawa, and Tomasiello. As a consequence, we obtain a strongly coupled description of orbifold phases of type I string theory without vector structure, substantially expanding the list of known examples of $6$d F-theory compactifications with frozen singularities. Supergravity theories can be fused from these instanton theories, in a way that commutes with switching off vector structure, which we use to propose new consistency checks via neutral hypermultiplet counting. Finally, we describe various Higgsings of this duality, and comment on constraints on higher form symmetries.
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spellingShingle The Frozen Phase of Heterotic F-theory Duality
Oehlmann, Paul-Konstantin
Ruehle, Fabian
Sung, Benjamin
High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Geometry
We study the duality between the Spin$(32)/\mathbb{Z}_2$ heterotic string without vector structure and F-theory with frozen singularities. We give a complete description in theories with $6$d $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ supersymmetry and identify the duals of Spin$(32)/\mathbb{Z}_2$-instantons on ADE singularities without vector structure in the frozen phase of F-theory using an ansatz introduced by Bhardwaj, Morrison, Tachikawa, and Tomasiello. As a consequence, we obtain a strongly coupled description of orbifold phases of type I string theory without vector structure, substantially expanding the list of known examples of $6$d F-theory compactifications with frozen singularities. Supergravity theories can be fused from these instanton theories, in a way that commutes with switching off vector structure, which we use to propose new consistency checks via neutral hypermultiplet counting. Finally, we describe various Higgsings of this duality, and comment on constraints on higher form symmetries.
title The Frozen Phase of Heterotic F-theory Duality
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02191