29 Jun-3 Jul 2026 Paris (France)
A Frozen Singularity Pandemic
Ethan Torres  1, @  
1 : CERN Theoretical Physics Department  -  Website
CERN dep TH, 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland -  Switzerland

Singularities in string/M/F-theory are essential ingredients in phenomenological constructions and in the exploration of strongly coupled QFTs. Frozen singularities are singularities with a localized flux and have some or all of its deformation moduli lifted. This "freezing mechanism" has mostly been argued via long chains of string dualities and not from some top-down derivation. In this talk, I will discuss some upcoming work on frozen singularities in M-theory and Type II theories. The goal will be to outline new statements on freezing mechanisms for the known frozen singularities as well as discuss a broad new landscape of Calabi-Yau 3-fold frozen singularities.



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