| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:2008.10605 ; CERN-TH-2020-138 ; UPR-1306-T |
| Title | String Universality and Non-Simply-Connected Gauge Groups in 8d |
| Author(s) | Cvetič, Mirjam (Pennsylvania U. ; Maribor U.) ; Dierigl, Markus (Pennsylvania U.) ; Lin, Ling (CERN) ; Zhang, Hao Y. (Pennsylvania U.) |
| Publication | 2020-11-20 |
| Imprint | 2020-08-24 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Note | 7 pages, two-column style; v2: revised version with extended discussion on interplay between 1-form anomaly and worldsheet current algebra bounds, references added; v3: typos corrected |
| In: | Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 (2020) 211602 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.211602 |
| Subject category | hep-th ; Particle Physics - Theory |
| Abstract | We present a consistency condition for 8d ${\cal N} = 1$ supergravity theories with non-trivial global structure $G/Z$ for the non-Abelian gauge group, based on an anomaly involving the $Z$ 1-form center symmetry. The interplay with other Swampland criteria identifies the majority of 8d theories with gauge group $G/Z$, which have no string theory realization, as inconsistent quantum theories when coupled to gravity. While this condition is equivalent to geometric properties of elliptic K3 surfaces in F-theory compactifications, it constrains the unexplored landscape of gauge groups in other 8d string models. |
| Copyright/License | preprint: (License: CC-BY-4.0) publication: © 2020-2024 authors (License: CC-BY-4.0), sponsored by SCOAP³ |
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