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Phases of flux vacua and their quantum symmetries

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: We present a torsional linear sigma model with (0,2) supersymmetry that realizes, in its large radius phase, a five-dimensional heterotic flux vacuum, and we use the linear sigma model to connect this geometry to a stringy regime realized as an asymmetric orbifold of a Gepner model and a circle. Along the way we develop a number of tools relevant for more general (0,2) gauged linear sigma model constructions of heterotic vacua.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2610.30865

Authors: Israel, Dan, Melnikov, Ilarion V., Proto, Yann

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, James Madison University, University of Bonn

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: James Madison University, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Awards: G2946282769, G3024694626

OpenAlex ID: W7223278906

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