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Two-Loop Superstrings VII, Cohomology of Chiral Amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1 Complex Variables

Abstract

The relation between superholomorphicity and holomorphicity of chiral superstring N-point amplitudes for NS bosons on a genus 2 Riemann surface is shown to be encoded in a hybrid cohomology theory, incorporating elements of both de Rham and Dolbeault cohomologies. A constructive algorithm is provided which shows that, for arbitrary N and for each fixed even spin structure, the hybrid cohomology classes of the chiral amplitudes of the N-point function on a surface of genus 2 always admit a holomorphic representative. Three key ingredients in the derivation are a classification of all kinematic invariants for the N-point function, a new type of 3-point Green's function, and a recursive construction by monodromies of certain sections of vector bundles over the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, holomorphic in all but exactly one or two insertion points.

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@article{arxiv.0711.4314,
  title  = {Two-Loop Superstrings VII, Cohomology of Chiral Amplitudes},
  author = {Eric D'Hoker and D. H. Phong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4314},
  year   = {2008}
}

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103 pages, 2 figures

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