Benjamin Sung

About Me
Benjamin Sung
Benjamin Sung
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mathematics
University of California, Santa Barbara
South Hall, Office 6523
Goleta, CA, 93117
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Intro

I am a visiting assistant professor under David Morrison in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I received my PhD in Physics in 2022 under Jim Halverson and Emanuele Macrì at Northeastern University, where I was partially supported by an NSF graduate research fellowship.

I work at the intersection of algebraic geometry and string theory, with broad interests in physical mathematics, and I collaborate with both mathematicians and physicists. My current research focuses on string compactifications, Bridgeland stability conditions, and their interactions.

Math articles
  1. The stability manifold of E×E×E (joint with Fabian Haiden)
    arXiv:2410.08028.
  2. Stability conditions on non-commutative curves
    arXiv:2210.08637, submitted.
  3. Remarks on the nodal quiver
    arXiv:2210.08638, submitted.
  4. Discriminants of stable rank two sheaves on some general type surfaces (joint with Benjamin Schmidt)
    Mathematical Research Letters 28(1) (2021), 245-270 (pdf)
Physics articles
  1. Attractors, Geodesics, and the Geometry of Moduli Spaces (joint with Fabian Ruehle)
    arXiv:2408.00830, submitted.
  2. The Frozen Phase of Heterotic F-theory Duality (joint with Paul Oehlmann and Fabian Ruehle)
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2024 (295) (2024) (pdf)
  3. On the Frozen F-theory Landscape (joint with David Morrison)
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2024 (126) (2024) (pdf)
  4. Electric-Magnetic Duality in a Class of G2-Compactifications of M-theory (joint with Jim Halverson and Jiahua Tian)
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2023 (89) (2023) (pdf)
  5. Faking Gauge Coupling Unification in String Theory (joint with Jim Halverson)
    Physical Review D 105, 126012 (2022) (pdf)
  6. 6D Anomaly-Free Matter Spectrum in F-theory on Singular Spaces (joint with Antonella Grassi, Jim Halverson, Cody Long, Julius Shaneson, and Jiahua Tian)
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2022 (182) (2022) (pdf)
  7. The Hodge Numbers of Divisors of Calabi-Yau Threefold Hypersurfaces (joint with Andreas Braun, Cody Long, Liam McAllister, and Mike Stillman)
    Fortschritte der Physik - Progress of Physics 68 (11-2) (2022) (pdf)
  8. On the Scarcity of Weak Coupling in the String Landscape (joint with Jim Halverson and Cody Long)
    Journal of High Energy Physics 2018 (113), (2018) (pdf)
  9. On Algorithmic University in F-theory Compactifications (joint with Jim Halverson and Cody Long)
    Physical Review D 96, 126006 (2017) (pdf)
  10. Decision Making by Berry's flux (joint with Michael Lawler)
    Physical Review B 94, 144438 (2015) (pdf)