New F-theory lifts II: Permutation orientifolds and enhanced singularities

TL;DR

This paper develops a method to construct compact F-theory fourfolds from IIB models with permutation involutions, enabling the study of enhanced singularities and D7-brane configurations.

Contribution

It introduces a general procedure for constructing F-theory fourfolds with permutation involutions and enhanced singularities, validated through D3 charge comparisons.

Findings

Successfully constructed smooth fourfolds with permutation involutions.

Validated F-theory and IIB D3 charge predictions.

Developed a method for engineering complex singularities in Weierstrass models.

Abstract

In this paper, a procedure is developed to construct compact F-theory fourfolds corresponding to perturbative IIB O7/O3 models on CICY threefolds with permutation involutions. The method is explained in generality, and then applied to specific examples where the involution permutes two Del Pezzo surfaces. The fourfold construction is successfully tested by comparing the D3 charges predicted by F-theory and IIB string theory. The constructed smooth fourfolds are then taken to the locus in moduli space where they have enhanced SU(5) singularities. A general, intuitive method is developed for engineering the desired singularities in Weierstrass models for complicated D7-brane setups.