Superpotentials from singular divisors

We study Euclidean D3-branes wrapping divisors D in Calabi-Yau orientifold compactifications of type IIB string theory. Witten’s counting of fermion zero modes in terms of the cohomology of the structure sheaf OD applies when D is smooth, but we argue that effective divisors of Calabi-Yau threefolds...

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Main Authors: Gendler, Naomi, Kim, Manki, McAllister, Liam, Moritz, Jakob, Stillman, Mike
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/146629