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Axion-dilaton cosmology, Ricci flows and integrable structures

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

In this work we study renormalization-group flows by deforming a class of conformal sigma-models. At leading order in α\alpha', renormalization-group equations represent a Ricci flow. In the three-sphere background, the latter is described by the Halphen system, which is exactly solvable in terms of modular forms. The round sphere is found to be the unique perturbative infra-red fixed point at one loop order.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0702011,
  title  = {Axion-dilaton cosmology, Ricci flows and integrable structures},
  author = {Domenico Orlando},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0702011},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

2 pages, based on a talk given at the Cargese Summer School, May 22 to June 3, 2006