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The Weil Correspondence and Universal Special Geometry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-04-26 v1

Abstract

The Weil correspondence states that the datum of a Seiberg-Witten differential is equivalent to an algebraic group extension of the integrable system associated to the Seiberg-Witten geometry. Remarkably this group extension represents quantum consistent couplings for the N=2\mathcal{N}=2 QFT if and only if the extension is anti-affine in the algebro-geometric sense. The universal special geometry is the algebraic integrable system whose Lagrangian fibers are the anti-affine extension groups; it is defined over a base B\mathscr{B} parametrized by the Coulomb coordinates and the couplings. On the total space of the universal geometry there is a canonical (holomorphic) Euler differential. The ordinary Seiberg-Witten geometries at fixed couplings are symplectic quotients of the universal one, and the Seiberg-Witten differential arises as the reduction of the Euler one in accordance with the Weil correspondence. This universal viewpoint allows to study geometrically the flavor symmetry of the N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SCFT in terms of the Mordell-Weil lattice (with N\'eron-Tate height) of the Albanese variety ALA_\mathbb{L} of the universal geometry seen as a quasi-Abelian variety YLY_\mathbb{L} defined over the function field LC(B)\mathbb{L}\equiv\mathbb{C}(\mathscr{B}).

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@article{arxiv.2404.16316,
  title  = {The Weil Correspondence and Universal Special Geometry},
  author = {Sergio Cecotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.16316},
  year   = {2024}
}

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43 pages

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