Symmetries of Calabi-Yau Hypersurfaces in Toric Four-Folds

Andre Lukas (U of Oxford)

Jul 09. 2026, 11:30 — 12:15

Freely-acting discrete symmetries on Calabi-Yau three-folds can be used to form quotient Calabi-Yau manifolds with smaller Hodge numbers and a non-trivial first fundamental group. Such Calabi-Yau quotients are a crucial ingredient in realistic compactifications of the heterotic string. I will describe ongoing work and some progress towards classifying such discrete symmetries for Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in toric four-folds, focusing on  symmetries which can realised linearly on the toric ambient space. 

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Magdalena Larfors (Uppsala U)
Gary Shiu (U of Wisconsin-Madison)
Harald Skarke (TU Wien)
Michael E. Stillman (Cornell U, Ithaca)