Models of particle physics from type IIB string theory and F-theory: a review

A Maharana, E Palti - International Journal of Modern Physics A, 2013 - World Scientific
We review particle physics model building in type IIB string theory and F-theory. This is a
region in the landscape where in principle many of the key ingredients required for a …

F-theory fluxes, Chirality and Chern-Simons theories

TW Grimm, H Hayashi - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2012 - Springer
A bstract We study the charged chiral matter spectrum of four-dimensional F-theory
compactifications on elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau fourfolds by using the dual M-theory …

Yukawas, G-flux, and spectral covers from resolved Calabi-Yau's

J Marsano, S Schäfer-Nameki - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
A bstract We use the resolution procedure of Esole and Yau [1] to study Yukawa couplings,
G-flux, and the emergence of spectral covers from elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau's with a …

G4-flux, chiral matter and singularity resolution in F-theory compactifications

S Krause, C Mayrhofer, T Weigand - Nuclear Physics B, 2012 - Elsevier
We construct a set of chirality inducing G4-fluxes in global F-theory compactifications on
Calabi–Yau four-folds. Special emphasis is put on models with gauge group SU (5)× U (1) X …

G-flux in F-theory and algebraic cycles

AP Braun, A Collinucci, R Valandro - Nuclear Physics B, 2012 - Elsevier
We construct explicit G4 fluxes in F-theory compactifications. Our method relies on
identifying algebraic cycles in the Weierstrass equation of elliptic Calabi–Yau fourfolds. We …

Geometric engineering in toric F-theory and GUTs with U (1) gauge factors

V Braun, TW Grimm, J Keitel - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013 - Springer
A bstract An algorithm to systematically construct all Calabi-Yau elliptic fibrations realized as
hypersurfaces in a toric ambient space for a given base and gauge group is described. This …

Massive Abelian gauge symmetries and fluxes in F-theory

TW Grimm, M Kerstan, E Palti, T Weigand - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 - Springer
A bstract F-theory compactified on a Calabi-Yau fourfold naturally describes non-Abelian
gauge symmetries through the singularity structure of the elliptic fibration. In contrast Abelian …

Anomaly cancellation and Abelian gauge symmetries in F-theory

M Cvetič, TW Grimm, D Klevers - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013 - Springer
A bstract We study 4D F-theory compactifications on singular Calabi-Yau fourfolds with
fluxes. The resulting\(\mathcal {N}= 1\) effective theories can admit non-Abelian and U (1) …

U (1) symmetries in F-theory GUTs with multiple sections

C Mayrhofer, E Palti, T Weigand - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013 - Springer
A bstract We present a systematic construction of F-theory compactifications with Abelian
gauge symmetries in addition to a non-Abelian gauge group G. The formalism is generally …

Toric bases for 6D F‐theory models

DR Morrison, W Taylor - Fortschritte der Physik, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We find all smooth toric bases that support elliptically fibered Calabi‐Yau threefolds, using
the intersection structure of the irreducible effective divisors on the base. These bases can …