<p>The complete classification of the landscape of 6D <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <mi mathvariant="script">N</mi> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( \mathcal{N} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> = (1) string vacua remains an open problem. In this work we prove a classification theorem for 6D <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <mi mathvariant="script">N</mi> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( \mathcal{N} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> = (1) asymmetric orbifolds utilizing a correspondence with orbifolds of chiral 2D SCFTs with <i>c</i> = 24 (or <i>c</i> = 12). Interestingly, this class of theories can give rise to 6D vacua in which the only massless degrees of freedom reside in the gravity multiplet, with no moduli other than the dilaton — thus corresponding to truly isolated vacua, called <i>string islands</i>. It is expected that there exist five new type II islands with as-yet-unknown constructions. In this work we construct them all using asymmetric <i>ℤ</i><sub><i>n</i></sub>-orbifolds of Type II on <i>T</i> <sup>4</sup> with <i>n</i> = 5, 8, 10, 12. We show that the cases <i>n</i> = 5, 8 admit non-trivial discrete theta angles which have important consequences for both the string and particle charge lattices. In fact they provide examples of BPS-incompleteness and the strongest failure of the lattice weak gravity conjecture. Our work is expected to finalize our understanding of all perturbative 6D <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math display="inline"> <mi mathvariant="script">N</mi> </math></EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\( \mathcal{N} \)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> = (1) theories.</p>

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String islands, discrete theta angles and the 6D \( \mathcal{N} \) = (1) string landscape

  • Zihni Kaan Baykara,
  • Héctor Parra De Freitas,
  • Houri-Christina Tarazi

摘要

The complete classification of the landscape of 6D N \( \mathcal{N} \) = (1) string vacua remains an open problem. In this work we prove a classification theorem for 6D N \( \mathcal{N} \) = (1) asymmetric orbifolds utilizing a correspondence with orbifolds of chiral 2D SCFTs with c = 24 (or c = 12). Interestingly, this class of theories can give rise to 6D vacua in which the only massless degrees of freedom reside in the gravity multiplet, with no moduli other than the dilaton — thus corresponding to truly isolated vacua, called string islands. It is expected that there exist five new type II islands with as-yet-unknown constructions. In this work we construct them all using asymmetric n-orbifolds of Type II on T 4 with n = 5, 8, 10, 12. We show that the cases n = 5, 8 admit non-trivial discrete theta angles which have important consequences for both the string and particle charge lattices. In fact they provide examples of BPS-incompleteness and the strongest failure of the lattice weak gravity conjecture. Our work is expected to finalize our understanding of all perturbative 6D N \( \mathcal{N} \) = (1) theories.