Automorphic properties of (2, 0) theory on T^6

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2010)090MaRDI QIDQ359120zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Måns Henningson

Publication date 9 August 2013

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.5643

zbMATH Keywords

discrete and finite symmetriesfield theories in higher dimensionsM-Theorynonperturbative effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: We consider ADE-type (2, 0) theory on a family of flat six-tori endowed with flat Sp(4) connections coupled to the R-symmetry. Our main objects of interest are the components of the `partition vector' of the theory. These constitute an element of a certain finite dimensional vector space, carrying an irreducible representation of a discrete Heisenberg group related to the 't Hooft fluxes of the theory. Covariance under the SL_6(Z) mapping class group of a six-torus amounts to a certain automorphic transformation law for the partition vector, which we derive. Because of the absence of a Lagrangian formulation of (2, 0) theory, this transformation property is not manifest, and gives useful non-trivial constraints on the partition vector. As an application, we derive a shifted quantization law for the spatial momentum of (2, 0) theory on a space-time of the form R x T5. This quantization law is in agreement with an earlier result based on the relationship between (2, 0) theory and maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory together with certain geometric facts about gauge bundles.

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