Axial symmetric Kähler manifolds, the D-map of inflaton potentials and the Picard-Fuchs equation

DOI10.1002/PROP.201300031zbMATH Open1338.83208arXiv1310.5278OpenAlexW1947426003MaRDI QIDQ2812629FDOQ2812629

A. S. Sorin, Pietro Fré

Publication date: 17 June 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we provide a definition of the D-map, namely of the mathematical construction implicitly utilized by supergravity that associates an axial symmetric Kahler surface to every positive definite potential function V(phi). The properties of the D-map are discussed in general. Then the D-map is applied to the list of integrable cosmological potentials classified by us in a previous publication with A. Sagnotti. Several interesting geometrical and analytical properties of the manifolds in the image of this D-map are discovered and illustrated. As a by-product of our analysis we demonstrate the existence of (integrable) Starobinsky-like potentials that can be embedded into supergravity. Some of them follow from constant curvature Kahler manifolds. In the quest for a microscopic interpretation of inflaton dynamics we present the Ariadne's thread provided by a new mathematical concept that we introduce under the name of axial symmetric descendants of one dimensional special Kahler manifolds. By means of this token we define a clearcut algorithm that to each potential function V(phi) associates a unique 4th order Picard-Fuchs equation of restricted type. Such an equation encodes information on the chiral ring of a superconformal field theory to be sought for, unveiling in this way a microscopic interpretation of the inflaton potential. We conjecture that the physical mechanism at the basis of the transition from a special manifold to its axial symmetric descendant is probably the construction of an Open String descendant of a Closed String model.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5278

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kähler manifolds (32Q15) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supergravity (83E50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• The Integral Form of D = 3 Chern‐Simons Theories Probing Singularities
• The \(c\)-map, Tits Satake subalgebras and the search for \(\mathcal{N}=2\) inflaton potentials

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