Skip to content

Matter From Geometry

Sheldon Katz, Cumrun Vafa

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9606086

Abstract

We provide a local geometric description of how charged matter arises in type IIA, M-theory, or F-theory compactifications on Calabi-Yau manifolds. The basic idea is to deform a higher singularity into a lower one through Cartan deformations which vary over space. The results agree with expectations based on string dualities.

Create a lesson