The super period matrix with Ramond punctures

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.02.017zbMATH Open1318.83001arXiv1501.02499OpenAlexW1997735979MaRDI QIDQ2347282FDOQ2347282

Authors: Edward Witten 

Publication date: 27 May 2015

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We generalize the super period matrix of a super Riemann surface to the case that Ramond punctures are present. For a super Riemann surface of genus g with 2r Ramond punctures, we define, modulo certain choices that generalize those in the classical theory (and assuming a certain generic condition is satisfied), a g|r x g|r period matrix that is symmetric in the Z_2-graded sense. As an application, we analyze the genus 2 vacuum amplitude in string theory compactifications to four dimensions that are supersymmetric at tree level. We find an explanation for a result that has been found in orbifold examples in explicit computations by D'Hoker and Phong: with their integration procedure, the genus 2 vacuum amplitude always vanishes "pointwise" after summing over spin structures, and hence is given entirely by a boundary contribution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02499

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zbMATH Keywords

algebraic geometryRamond puncturestrings and superstringssupermanifolds and supergroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Topological characterizations of particular spaces (54F65) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Analysis on supermanifolds or graded manifolds (58C50) Supervarieties (14M30)

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