On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape
Abstract We study the geometric requirements on a threefold base for the corresponding F-theory compactification to admit a weakly-coupled type IIB limit. We examine both the standard Sen limit and a more restrictive limit, and determine conditions sufficient for their non-existence for both toric b...
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| description | Abstract We study the geometric requirements on a threefold base for the corresponding F-theory compactification to admit a weakly-coupled type IIB limit. We examine both the standard Sen limit and a more restrictive limit, and determine conditions sufficient for their non-existence for both toric bases and more general algebraic bases. In a large ensemble of geometries generated by base changing resolutions we derive an upper bound on the frequency with which a weak-coupling limit may occur, and find that such limits are extremely rare. Our results sharply quantify the widely held notion that the vast number of weakly-coupled IIB vacua is but a tiny fraction of the landscape. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39fa9307f7584a12b52df778e914874e2022-12-22T00:13:52ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792018-02-012018212910.1007/JHEP02(2018)113On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscapeJames Halverson0Cody Long1Benjamin Sung2Department of Physics, Northeastern UniversityDepartment of Physics, Northeastern UniversityDepartment of Physics, Northeastern UniversityAbstract We study the geometric requirements on a threefold base for the corresponding F-theory compactification to admit a weakly-coupled type IIB limit. We examine both the standard Sen limit and a more restrictive limit, and determine conditions sufficient for their non-existence for both toric bases and more general algebraic bases. In a large ensemble of geometries generated by base changing resolutions we derive an upper bound on the frequency with which a weak-coupling limit may occur, and find that such limits are extremely rare. Our results sharply quantify the widely held notion that the vast number of weakly-coupled IIB vacua is but a tiny fraction of the landscape.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2018)113F-TheoryFlux compactifications |
| spellingShingle | James Halverson Cody Long Benjamin Sung On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape Journal of High Energy Physics F-Theory Flux compactifications |
| title | On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape |
| title_full | On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape |
| title_fullStr | On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape |
| title_short | On the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape |
| title_sort | on the scarcity of weak coupling in the string landscape |
| topic | F-Theory Flux compactifications |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2018)113 |
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