Real homotopy theory and supersymmetric quantum mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.5011677zbMATH Open1401.81076arXiv1511.00978OpenAlexW2963931246WikidataQ129576065 ScholiaQ129576065MaRDI QIDQ4583089FDOQ4583089

Authors: Hyungrok Kim, Ingmar A. Saberi 

Publication date: 27 August 2018

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

Abstract: In the context of studying string backgrounds, much work has been devoted to the question of how similar a general quantum field theory (specifically, a two-dimensional superconformal theory) is to a sigma model. Put differently, one would like to know how well or poorly one can understand the physics of string backgrounds in terms of concepts of classical geometry. Much attention has also been given of late to the question of how geometry can be encoded in a microscopic physical description that makes no explicit reference to space and time. We revisit the first question, and review both well-known and less well-known results about geometry and sigma models from the perspective of dimensional reduction to supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The consequences of arising as the dimensional reduction of a $d$-dimensional theory for the resulting quantum mechanics are explored. In this context, we reinterpret the minimal models of rational (more precisely, complex) homotopy theory as certain supersymmetric Fock spaces, with unusual actions of the supercharges. The data of the Massey products appear naturally as supersymmetric vacuum states that are entangled between different degrees of freedom. This connection between entanglement and geometry is, as far as we know, not well-known to physicists. In addition, we take note of an intriguing numerical coincidence in the context of string compactification on hyper-Kahler eight-manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.00978

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zbMATH Keywords

homotopy theorysupersymmetric quantum mechanicssuperconformal field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bergman spaces and Fock spaces (30H20) Global methods, including homotopy approaches to the numerical solution of nonlinear equations (65H20) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Hyper-Kähler and quaternionic Kähler geometry, ``special geometry (53C26)

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