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K3 metrics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry Differential Geometry

Abstract

We provide an explicit construction of Ricci-flat K3 metrics. It employs the technology of D-geometry, which in the case of interest is equivalent to a hyper-K\"ahler quotient. We relate it to the construction of arXiv:1810.10540, and in particular show that it contains the solution to the BPS state counting problem (that of computing the BPS index of a heterotic little string theory compactified on T2T^2) discussed therein, which is the data needed for this second construction of K3 metrics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2006.02435,
  title  = {K3 metrics},
  author = {Shamit Kachru and Arnav Tripathy and Max Zimet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02435},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

85 pages. V2: corrected typos

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