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Instantons and hilbert functions

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We study superpotentials from worldsheet instantons in heterotic Calabi-Yau compactifications for vector bundles constructed from line bundle sums, monads and extensions. Within a certain class of manifolds and for certain second homology classes, we derive simple necessary conditions for a non-vanishing instanton superpotential. These show that non-vanishing instanton superpotentials are rare and require a specific pattern for the bundle construction. For the class of monad and extension bundles with this pattern, we derive a sufficient criterion for non-vanishing instanton superpotentials based on an affine Hilbert function. This criterion shows that a non-zero instanton superpotential is common within this class. The criterion can be checked using commutative algebra methods only and depends on the topological data defining the Calabi-Yau X and the vector bundle V.
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Published
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10.1103/PhysRevD.102.026019

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Theoretical Physics
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-4969-0447


Publisher:
American Physical Society
Journal:
Physical Review D More from this journal
Volume:
102
Article number:
026019
Publication date:
2020-07-24
Acceptance date:
2020-07-06
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English
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Pubs id:
1089911
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pubs:1089911
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2020-07-15

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