Calabi–Yau Manifolds with Torsion and Geometric Flows

Abstract In this work we study ten-dimensional solutions to type IIA string theory of the form AdS4 × X6 which contain orientifold planes and preserve $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 supersymmetry. In particular, we consider solutions which exhibit some key features of the four-dimensional DGKT proposal for compactifications on Calabi-Yau manifolds with fluxes, and in this sense may be considered their ten-dimensional uplifts. We focus on the supersymmetry equations and Bianchi identities, and find solutions to these that are valid at the two-derivative level and at first order in an expansion parameter which is related to the AdS cosmological constant. This family of solutions is such that the background metric is deformed from the Ricci-flat one to one exhibiting SU(3) × SU(3)-structure, and dilaton gradients and warp factors are induced.

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Heterotic line bundle models on generalized complete intersection Calabi Yau manifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics ◽

10.1007/jhep05(2021)105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Magdalena Larfors ◽

Davide Passaro ◽

Robin Schneider

Keyword(s):

Line Bundle ◽

Complete Intersection ◽

Particle Physics ◽

Model Building ◽

Wilson Line ◽

Symmetry Groups ◽

The Standard Model ◽

Order Of Magnitude ◽

Systematic Program ◽

Calabi Yau Manifolds

Abstract The systematic program of heterotic line bundle model building has resulted in a wealth of standard-like models (SLM) for particle physics. In this paper, we continue this work in the setting of generalised Complete Intersection Calabi Yau (gCICY) manifolds. Using the gCICYs constructed in ref. [1], we identify two geometries that, when combined with line bundle sums, are directly suitable for heterotic GUT models. We then show that these gCICYs admit freely acting ℤ2 symmetry groups, and are thus amenable to Wilson line breaking of the GUT gauge group to that of the standard model. We proceed to a systematic scan over line bundle sums over these geometries, that result in 99 and 33 SLMs, respectively. For the first class of models, our results may be compared to line bundle models on homotopically equivalent Complete Intersection Calabi Yau manifolds. This shows that the number of realistic configurations is of the same order of magnitude.

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