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Double-Janus Linear Sigma Models and Generalized Reciprocity for Gauss Sums

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-09-01 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

We study the supersymmetric partition function of a 2d linear σ\sigma-model whose target space is a torus with a complex structure that varies along one worldsheet direction and a K\"ahler modulus that varies along the other. This setup is inspired by the dimensional reduction of a Janus configuration of 4d N=4\mathcal{N}=4 U(1)U(1) Super-Yang-Mills theory compactified on a mapping torus (T2T^2 fibered over S1S^1) times a circle with an SL(2,Z)SL(2,\mathbb{Z}) duality wall inserted on S1S^1, but our setup has minimal supersymmetry. The partition function depends on two independent elements of SL(2,Z)SL(2,\mathbb{Z}), one describing the duality twist, and the other describing the geometry of the mapping torus. It is topological and can be written as a multivariate quadratic Gauss sum. By calculating the partition function in two different ways, we obtain identities relating different quadratic Gauss sums, generalizing the {\it Landsberg-Schaar} relation. These identities are a subset of a collection of identities discovered by F. Deloup. Each identity contains a phase which is an eighth root of unity, and we show how it arises as a Berry phase in the supersymmetric Janus-like configuration. Supersymmetry requires the complex structure to vary along a semicircle in the upper half-plane, as shown by Gaiotto and Witten in a related context, and that semicircle plays an important role in reproducing the correct Berry phase.

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@article{arxiv.1912.11471,
  title  = {Double-Janus Linear Sigma Models and Generalized Reciprocity for Gauss Sums},
  author = {Ori J. Ganor and Hao-Yu Sun and Nesty R. Torres-Chicon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.11471},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

66pp; Appendix C.2-C.4 enriched, hyperlinks fixed, refs updated