Singular fiber resolution does not describe the spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry in F-theory, as the corresponding branch of the moduli space does not exist in the theory. Accordingly, even non-abelian gauge theories have not been fully understood in global F-theory compactifications. We present a systematic discussion of using singularity deformation, which does describe the spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry in F-theory, to study non-abelian gauge symmetry. Since this branch of the moduli space also exists in the defining M-theory compactification, it provides the only known description of gauge theory states that exists in both pictures; they are string junctions in F-theory. We discuss how global deformations give rise to local deformations, and also give examples where local deformation can be utilized even in models where a global deformation does not exist. Utilizing deformations, we study a number of new examples, including non-perturbative descriptions of SU(3) and SU(2) gauge theories on seven-branes which do not admit a weakly coupled type IIb description. It may be of phenomenological interest that these non-perturbative descriptions do not exist for higher rank SU(N) theories.

Grassi, A., Halverson, J., Shaneson, J.L. (2015). Non-Abelian Gauge Symmetry and the Higgs Mechanism in F-Theory. COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 336(3), 1231-1257 [10.1007/s00220-015-2313-0].

Non-Abelian Gauge Symmetry and the Higgs Mechanism in F-Theory

Grassi, Antonella
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2015

Abstract

Singular fiber resolution does not describe the spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry in F-theory, as the corresponding branch of the moduli space does not exist in the theory. Accordingly, even non-abelian gauge theories have not been fully understood in global F-theory compactifications. We present a systematic discussion of using singularity deformation, which does describe the spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetry in F-theory, to study non-abelian gauge symmetry. Since this branch of the moduli space also exists in the defining M-theory compactification, it provides the only known description of gauge theory states that exists in both pictures; they are string junctions in F-theory. We discuss how global deformations give rise to local deformations, and also give examples where local deformation can be utilized even in models where a global deformation does not exist. Utilizing deformations, we study a number of new examples, including non-perturbative descriptions of SU(3) and SU(2) gauge theories on seven-branes which do not admit a weakly coupled type IIb description. It may be of phenomenological interest that these non-perturbative descriptions do not exist for higher rank SU(N) theories.
2015
Grassi, A., Halverson, J., Shaneson, J.L. (2015). Non-Abelian Gauge Symmetry and the Higgs Mechanism in F-Theory. COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 336(3), 1231-1257 [10.1007/s00220-015-2313-0].
Grassi, Antonella; Halverson, James*; Shaneson, Julius L.
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