29 Jun-3 Jul 2026 Paris (France)
The Photinoverse
Andreas Braun  1  , Thibaut Coudarchet  2  , Arthur Hebecker  2  , Joerg Jaeckel  3  , Jonathan Steiner  2, *, @  
1 : Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences [Durham]
Durham University Upper Mountjoy Campus, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, UK -  United Kingdom
2 : Institut für Theoretische Physik [Heidelberg]  -  Website
Philosophenweg 19, D-69120 Heidelberg, Allemagne -  Germany
3 : Institut für Theoretische Physik [Heidelberg]  -  Website
Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg, Allemagne -  Germany
* : Corresponding author

Typical O3/O7 orientifolds on Calabi-Yau three-folds give rise to a "Photoverse" containing several massless U(1)s originating from compactifying the Ramond-Ramond four-form on three-cycles. While the phenomenology of these U(1)s themselves has been investigated in the past, effects related to their superpartners, their photinis, remain less well explored. This talk addresses some of the potential constraints originating from the "Photinoverse". In particular, we will motivate couplings to the visible sector in type IIB string theory. Then, within the LVS we will estimate their masses and thier couplings. Using these insights, we finally comment on implications for early- and late-time cosmology.



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