F-theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
gptkbp:category gptkb:string_theory_landscape
higher-dimensional theories
gptkbp:compact elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau manifolds
gptkbp:dimensions 12
gptkbp:feature geometric interpretation of string coupling
includes 7-branes
explains SL(2,Z) symmetry of Type IIB string theory
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:string_theory
gptkbp:form gptkb:algebraic_geometry
elliptic fibrations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label F-theory
gptkbp:influenced phenomenological model building
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Evidence_for_F-theory,_Nucl._Phys._B469_(1996)_403-418
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Cumrun_Vafa
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:M-theory
gptkb:Type_IIB_string_theory
gptkbp:usedFor model building in particle physics
studying non-perturbative aspects of string theory
gptkbp:yearProposed 1996
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cumrun_Vafa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5