Heterotic Complex Structure Moduli Stabilization for Elliptically Fibered Calabi-Yau Manifolds

TL;DR

This paper investigates how complex structure moduli in elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds can be stabilized using holomorphic vector bundles, with practical tools and dual F-theory perspectives.

Contribution

It extends moduli stabilization mechanisms to elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds, analyzing the role of algebraic cycles and providing concrete examples and tools.

Findings

Identification of three stabilization scenarios for complex structure moduli.

Development of practical tools for analyzing stabilized moduli.

Brief exploration of dual F-theory complex structure stabilization.

Abstract

Complex structure moduli of a Calabi-Yau threefold in $N=1$ supersymmetric heterotic compactifications can be stabilized by holomorphic vector bundles. The stabilized moduli are determined by a computation of Atiyah class. In this paper, we study how this mechanism work in the context of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds where complex structure moduli space contains two kinds of moduli, ones from base and ones from fibration. With spectral cover bundles, we find three types of situations when holomorphicity of bundles is determined by algebraic cycles supported on special choice of complex structure, which allows us to stabilize both of these two moduli. We present concrete examples for each type and develop practical tools to analyze the stabilized moduli. Finally, by checking the holomorphicity of the four-flux and/or local Higgs bundle data in F-theory, we briefly study the dual complex structure moduli stabilization scenarios.