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The mass spectrum of the IIB flux landscape carries no geometric fingerprint

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: We test whether the mass spectrum of a flux vacuum carries a fingerprint pinning down the compactification. On 133 supersymmetric IIB flux vacua, the raw eigenvalues are predictable (ridge-on-quadratic CV r = 0.50-0.62) but the scale-invariant ratios are not (r < 0.25). The mass spectrum's shape is statistically uniform in flux — the fingerprint is not there — while its overall scale is flux-determined. This closes the 'masses carry the fingerprint' hypothesis.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.24002959

Author: Mitchell, Rob

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

OpenAlex ID: W7225384301

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