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String-theory Realization of Modular Forms for Elliptic Curves with Complex Multiplication

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-03-27 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

It is known that the L-function of an elliptic curve defined over Q is given by the Mellin transform of a modular form of weight 2. Does that modular form have anything to do with string theory? In this article, we address a question along this line for elliptic curves that have complex multiplication defined over number fields. So long as we use diagonal rational N=(2,2) superconformal field theories for the string-theory realizations of the elliptic curves, the weight-2 modular form turns out to be the Boltzmann-weighted (q^{L_0-c/24}-weighted) sum of U(1) charges with F e^{ \pi i F} insertion computed in the Ramond sector.

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@article{arxiv.1801.07464,
  title  = {String-theory Realization of Modular Forms for Elliptic Curves with Complex Multiplication},
  author = {Satoshi Kondo and Taizan Watari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.07464},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

48 pages; minor corrections and improvements in v2

R2 v1 2026-06-22T23:52:52.233Z