Generic matter representations in 6D supergravity theories

Taylor, Washington; Turner, Andrew P.

doi:10.1007/jhep05(2019)081

Title: Generic matter representations in 6D supergravity theories

Journal Article · 15 May 2019 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05(2019)081 · OSTI ID:1611868

Taylor, Washington ^[1];

^[1]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

>In six-dimensional supergravity, there is a natural sense in which matter lying in certain representations of the gauge group is “generic,” in that other “exotic” matter representations require more fine tuning. From considerations of the dimensionality of the moduli space and anomaly cancellation conditions, we find that the generic sets of matter representations are well-defined for 6D supergravity theories with gauge groups containing arbitrary numbers of nonabelian factors and U(1) factors. These generic matter representations also match with those that arise in the most generic F-theory constructions, both in 6D and in 4D, with non-generic matter representations requiring more exotic singularity types. The analysis of generic versus exotic matter illuminates long-standing puzzles regarding F-theory models with multiple U(1) factors and provides a useful framework for analyzing the 6D “swampland” of apparently consistent low-energy theories that cannot be realized through known string constructions. We note also that the matter content of the standard model is generic by the criteria used here only if the global structure is SU(3)c× SU(2)L× U(1)Y/Z6.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012567

OSTI ID:: 1611868

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1907421

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2019, Issue 5; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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