BPS jumping loci are automorphic
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-03-14 v2 Number Theory
Abstract
We show that BPS jumping loci -- loci in the moduli space of string compactifications where the number of BPS states jumps in an upper semi-continuous manner -- naturally appear as Fourier coefficients of (vector space-valued) automorphic forms. For the case of compactification, the jumping loci are governed by a modular form studied by Hirzebruch and Zagier, while the jumping loci in K3 compactification appear in a story developed by Oda and Kudla-Millson in arithmetic geometry. We also comment on some curious related automorphy in the physics of black hole attractors and flux vacua.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1706.02706,
title = {BPS jumping loci are automorphic},
author = {Shamit Kachru and Arnav Tripathy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02706},
year = {2018}
}
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