Ground States of Duality-twisted Sigma-Models with K3 Target Space
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-12 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We analyze the ground states of a two-dimensional sigma-model whose target space is an elliptically fibered K3, with the sigma-model compactified on a circle with boundary conditions twisted by a duality symmetry. We show that the Witten index receives contributions from two kinds of states: (i) those that can be mapped to cohomology with coefficients in a certain line bundle over the target space, and (ii) states whose wave-functions are localized at singular fibers. We also discuss the orbifold limit and possible connections with geometric quantization of the target space.
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@article{arxiv.1211.4179,
title = {Ground States of Duality-twisted Sigma-Models with K3 Target Space},
author = {Ori J. Ganor and Sharon Jue and Shannon McCurdy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.4179},
year = {2015}
}
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37 pages