Theta functions, modular invariance, and strings

DOI10.1007/BF01210925zbMath0605.58049MaRDI QIDQ1083747

Cumrun Vafa, Gregory W. Moore, Luis Álvarez-Gaumé

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Riemann surfaces theta functions string theory holomorphic line bundles Cauchy-Riemann operators string partition function determinant of the Dirac operator spin structure of the fermions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90) Riemann surfaces (30F99)

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