Magnetized orbifolds and localized flux
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg (Germany)
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht (Netherlands)
Magnetized orbifolds play an important role in compactifications of string theories and higher-dimensional field theories to four dimensions. Magnetic flux leads to chiral fermions, it can be a source of supersymmetry breaking and it is an important ingredient of moduli stabilization. Flux quantization on orbifolds is subtle due to the orbifold singularities. Generically, Wilson line integrals around these singularities are non-trivial, which can be interpreted as localized flux. As a consequence, flux densities on orbifolds can take the same values as on tori. We determine the transition functions for the flux vector bundle on the orbifold T2/Z2 and the related twisted boundary conditions of zero-mode wave functions. We also construct “untwisted” zero-mode functions that are obtained for singular vector fields related to the Green’s function on a torus, and we discuss the connection between zeros of the wave functions and localized flux. Twisted and untwisted zero-mode functions are related by a singular gauge transformation.
- OSTI ID:
- 22852386
- Journal Information:
- Annals of Physics, Vol. 401; Other Information: © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-4916
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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