Elliptic Calabi-Yau fivefolds and 2d (0,2) F-theory landscape

TL;DR

This paper explores the landscape of 2d (0,2) F-theory models using elliptic Calabi-Yau fivefolds, identifying boundary models with maximal Hodge numbers and analyzing their gauge groups and anomalies.

Contribution

It introduces the study of 2d F-theory landscape via elliptic Calabi-Yau fivefolds, determining boundary models and analyzing singular bases and anomalies.

Findings

Largest known gauge group in 2d (0,2) landscape identified

Systematic analysis of hypersurfaces in weighted projective spaces

Orbifold singularities contribute to gravitational anomalies

Abstract

In this paper, we initiate the study of the 2d F-theory landscape based on compact elliptic Calabi-Yau fivefolds. In particular, we determine the boundary models of the landscape using Calabi-Yau fivefolds with the largest known Hodge numbers $h^{1,1}$ and $h^{4,1}$. The former gives rise to the largest geometric gauge group in the currently known 2d (0,2) supergravity landscape, which is $E_8^{482\,632\,421}\times F_4^{3\,224\,195\,728}\times G_2^{11\,927\,989\,964}\times SU(2)^{25\,625\,222\,180}$. Besides that, we systematically study the hypersurfaces in weighted projective spaces with small degrees, and check the gravitational anomaly cancellation. Moreover, we also initiate the study of singular bases in 2d F-theory. We find that orbifold singularities on the base fourfold have non-zero contributions to the gravitational anomaly.