Automatic enhancement in 6D supergravity and F-theory models

Raghuram, Nikhil; Taylor, Washington; Turner, Andrew P.

doi:10.1007/jhep07(2021)048

Title: Automatic enhancement in 6D supergravity and F-theory models

Journal Article · 09 July 2021 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07(2021)048 · OSTI ID:1851811

Raghuram, Nikhil ^[1]; Taylor, Washington ^[2];

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Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

We observe that in many F-theory models, tuning a specific gauge group G and matter content M under certain circumstances leads to an automatic enhancement to a larger gauge group G' ⊂ G and matter content M' ⊂ M. We propose that this is true for any theory G, M whenever there exists a containing theory G', M' that cannot be Higgsed down to G, M. We give a number of examples including non-Higgsable gauge factors, nonabelian gauge factors, abelian gauge factors, and exotic matter. In each of these cases, tuning an F-theory model with the desired features produces either an enhancement or an inconsistency, often when the associated anomaly coefficient becomes too large. This principle applies to a variety of models in the apparent 6D supergravity swampland, including some of the simplest cases with U(1) and SU(N) gauge groups and generic matter, as well as infinite families of U(1) models with higher charges presented in the prior literature, potentially ruling out all these apparent swampland theories.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0013528

OSTI ID:: 1851811

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 2021; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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