English

Modular graph functions and odd cuspidal functions -- Fourier and Poincar\'e series

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-02-09 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Modular graph functions are SL(2,Z)SL(2,{\mathbb Z})-invariant functions associated with Feynman graphs of a two-dimensional conformal field theory on a torus of modulus τ\tau. For one-loop graphs they reduce to real analytic Eisenstein series. We obtain the Fourier series, including the constant and non-constant Fourier modes, of all two-loop modular graph functions, as well as their Poincar\'e series with respect to Γ\PSL(2,Z)\Gamma_\infty \backslash PSL(2,{\mathbb Z}). The Fourier and Poincar\'e series provide the tools to compute the Petersson inner product of two-loop modular graph functions using Rankin-Selberg-Zagier methods. Modular graph functions which are odd under ττˉ\tau \to - \bar \tau are cuspidal functions, with exponential decay near the cusp, and exist starting at two loops. Holomorphic subgraph reduction and the sieve algorithm, developed in earlier work, are used to give a lower bound on the dimension of the space Aw\mathfrak{A}_w of odd two-loop modular graph functions of weight ww. For w11w \leq 11 the bound is saturated and we exhibit a basis for Aw\mathfrak{A}_w.

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@article{arxiv.1902.04180,
  title  = {Modular graph functions and odd cuspidal functions -- Fourier and Poincar\'e series},
  author = {Eric D'Hoker and Justin Kaidi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.04180},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

88 pages (of which 32 pages are appendices); proof of convergence of Poincare series; example calculation of Petersson inner product; and Lemma 7.5 on the integral of cuspidal functions added in revised version

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