Twisted Einstein Tensors and Orbifold Geometry

DOI10.1142/S0217751X03015271zbMATH Open1161.81419arXivhep-th/0212275MaRDI QIDQ4452511FDOQ4452511

Authors: Jan de Boer, C. Helfgott, M. B. Halpern 

Publication date: 1 March 2004

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following recent advances in the local theory of current-algebraic orbifolds, we study various geometric properties of the general WZW orbifold, the general coset orbifold and a large class of (non-linear) sigma model orbifolds. Phase-space geometry is emphasized for the WZW orbifolds - while for the sigma model orbifolds we construct the corresponding {it sigma model orbifold action}, which includes the previously-known general WZW orbifold action and general coset orbifold action as special cases. We focus throughout on the {it twisted Einstein tensors} with diagonal monodromy, including the twisted Einstein metric, the twisted B field and the twisted torsion field of each orbifold sector. Finally, we present strong evidence for a conjectured set of {it twisted Einstein equations} which should describe those sigma model orbifolds in this class which are also 1-loop conformal.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0212275

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryorbifoldsEinstein equationscurrent algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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