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    Mirror Symmetry and Landau Ginzburg Calabi-Yau Superpotentials in F-theory Compactifications

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    We study Landau Ginzburg (LG) theories mirror to 2D N=2 gauged linear sigma models on toric Calabi-Yau manifolds. We derive and solve new constraint equations for Landau Ginzburg elliptic Calabi-Yau superpotentials, depending on the physical data of dual linear sigma models. In Calabi-Yau threefolds case, we consider two examples. First, we give the mirror symmetry of the canonical line bundle over the Hirzebruch surfaces Fn\bf F_n. Second, we find a special geometry with the affine so(8) Lie algebra toric data extending the geometry of elliptically fibered K3. This geometry leads to a pure N=1 six dimensional SO(8) gauge model from the F-theory compactification. For Calabi-Yau fourfolds, we give a new algebraic realization for ADE hypersurfaces.Comment: 27 pages, latex. To appear in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Genera

    NC Calabi-Yau Manifolds in Toric Varieties with NC Torus fibration

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    Using the algebraic geometry method of Berenstein and Leigh (BL), hep-th/0009209 and hep-th/0105229), and considering singular toric varieties Vd+1{\cal V}_{d+1} with NC irrational torus fibration, we construct NC extensions Md(nc){\cal M}_{d}^{(nc)} of complex d dimension Calabi-Yau (CY) manifolds embedded in Vd+1(nc){\cal V}_{d+1}^{(nc)}. We give realizations of the NC Cr\mathbf{C}^{\ast r} toric group, derive the constraint eqs for NC Calabi-Yau (NCCY) manifolds Mdnc{\cal M}^{nc}_d embedded in Vd+1nc{\cal V}_{d+1}^{nc} and work out solutions for their generators. We study fractional DD branes at singularities and show that, due to the complete reducibility property of Cr\mathbf{C}^{\ast r} group representations, there is an infinite number of non compact fractional branes at fixed points of the NC toric group.Comment: 12 pages, LaTex, no figur

    On ADE Quiver Models and F-Theory Compactification

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    Based on mirror symmetry, we discuss geometric engineering of N=1 ADE quiver models from F-theory compactifications on elliptic K3 surfaces fibered over certain four-dimensional base spaces. The latter are constructed as intersecting 4-cycles according to ADE Dynkin diagrams, thereby mimicking the construction of Calabi-Yau threefolds used in geometric engineering in type II superstring theory. Matter is incorporated by considering D7-branes wrapping these 4-cycles. Using a geometric procedure referred to as folding, we discuss how the corresponding physics can be converted into a scenario with D5-branes wrapping 2-cycles of ALE spaces.Comment: 21 pages, Latex, minor change

    Geometric Engineering of N=2 CFT_{4}s based on Indefinite Singularities: Hyperbolic Case

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    Using Katz, Klemm and Vafa geometric engineering method of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 supersymmetric QFT4_{4}s and results on the classification of generalized Cartan matrices of Kac-Moody (KM) algebras, we study the un-explored class of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 CFT4_{4}s based on \textit{indefinite} singularities. We show that the vanishing condition for the general expression of holomorphic beta function of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 quiver gauge QFT4_{4}s coincides exactly with the fundamental classification theorem of KM algebras. Explicit solutions are derived for mirror geometries of CY threefolds with \textit{% hyperbolic} singularities.Comment: 23 pages, 4 figures, minor change

    Classification of N=2 supersymmetric CFT_{4}s: Indefinite Series

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    Using geometric engineering method of 4D N=2\mathcal{N}=2 quiver gauge theories and results on the classification of Kac-Moody (KM) algebras, we show on explicit examples that there exist three sectors of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 infrared CFT4_{4}s. Since the geometric engineering of these CFT4_{4}s involve type II strings on K3 fibered CY3 singularities, we conjecture the existence of three kinds of singular complex surfaces containing, in addition to the two standard classes, a third indefinite set. To illustrate this hypothesis, we give explicit examples of K3 surfaces with H34_{3}^{4} and E10_{10} hyperbolic singularities. We also derive a hierarchy of indefinite complex algebraic geometries based on affine ArA_{r} and T%_{(p,q,r)} algebras going beyond the hyperbolic subset. Such hierarchical surfaces have a remarkable signature that is manifested by the presence of poles.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure

    On Thermodynamics of AdS Black Holes in M-Theory

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    Motivated by a recent work on asymptotically AdS_4 black holes in M-theory, we investigate the thermodynamics and thermodynamical geometry of AdS black holes from M2 and M5-branes. Concretely, we consider AdS black holes in AdS_{p+2}\times S^{11-p-2}, where p=2,5 by interpreting the number of M2 (and M5-branes) as a thermodynamical variable. We study the corresponding phase transition to examine their stabilities by calculating and discussing various thermodynamical quantities including the chemical potential. Then, we compute the thermodynamical curvatures from the Quevedo metric for M2 and M5-branes geometries to reconsider the stability of such black objects. The Quevedo metric singularities recover similar stability results provided by the phase transition program.Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures. Late

    Ehrenfest Scheme of Higher Dimensional Topological AdS Black Holes in The Third Order Lovelock-Born-Infeld Gravity

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    Interpreting the cosmological constant as a thermodynamic pressure and its conjugate quantity as a thermodynamic volume, we reconsider the investigation of P-V critical behaviors of (1+n)-dimensional topological AdS black holes in Lovelock-Born-Infeld gravity. In particular, we give an explicit expression of the universal number \chi=\frac{P_c v_c}{T_c} in terms of the space dimension nn. Then, we examine the phase transitions at the critical points of such topological black holes for 6 \leq n \leq 11 as required by the physical condition of the thermodynamical quantities. More precisely, the Ehrenfest equations have been checked revealing that the black hole system undergoes a second phase transition at the critical points.Comment: 18 pages, latex with 10 figures, titled modified, section added, typos corrected, accepted for publication in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (2015
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