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Title: An infinite swampland of U(1) charge spectra in 6D supergravity theories

Abstract

We analyze the anomaly constraints on 6D supergravity theories with a single abelian U(1) gauge factor. For theories with charges restricted to q = ±1, ±2 and no tensor multiplets, anomaly-free models match those models that can be realized from F-theory compactifications almost perfectly. For theories with tensor multiplets or with larger charges, the F-theory constraints are less well understood. We show, however, that there is an infinite class of distinct massless charge spectra in the “swampland” of theories that satisfy all known quantum consistency conditions but do not admit a realization through F-theory or any other known approach to string compactification. We also compare the spectra of charged matter in abelian theories with those that can be realized from breaking nonabelian SU(2) and higher rank gauge symmetries.

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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1505578
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012567
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2018; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; F-Theory; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Supergravity Models

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Taylor, Washington, and Turner, Andrew P. An infinite swampland of U(1) charge spectra in 6D supergravity theories. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep06(2018)010.
Taylor, Washington, & Turner, Andrew P. An infinite swampland of U(1) charge spectra in 6D supergravity theories. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06(2018)010
Taylor, Washington, and Turner, Andrew P. Fri . "An infinite swampland of U(1) charge spectra in 6D supergravity theories". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06(2018)010. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1505578.
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title = {An infinite swampland of U(1) charge spectra in 6D supergravity theories},
author = {Taylor, Washington and Turner, Andrew P.},
abstractNote = {We analyze the anomaly constraints on 6D supergravity theories with a single abelian U(1) gauge factor. For theories with charges restricted to q = ±1, ±2 and no tensor multiplets, anomaly-free models match those models that can be realized from F-theory compactifications almost perfectly. For theories with tensor multiplets or with larger charges, the F-theory constraints are less well understood. We show, however, that there is an infinite class of distinct massless charge spectra in the “swampland” of theories that satisfy all known quantum consistency conditions but do not admit a realization through F-theory or any other known approach to string compactification. We also compare the spectra of charged matter in abelian theories with those that can be realized from breaking nonabelian SU(2) and higher rank gauge symmetries.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep06(2018)010},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 2018,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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