3D string theory and Umbral moonshine

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA6E07zbMATH Open1376.81060arXiv1603.07330OpenAlexW3100602137MaRDI QIDQ4589367FDOQ4589367

Shamit Kachru, Roberto Volpato, Natalie Paquette

Publication date: 10 November 2017

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

Abstract: The simplest string theory compactifications to 3D with 16 supercharges -- the heterotic string on $T^7$, and type II strings on $K3imes{T}^3$ -- are related by U-duality, and share a moduli space of vacua parametrized by $$. One can think of this as the moduli space of even, self-dual 32-dimensional lattices with signature (8,24). At 24 special points in moduli space, the lattice splits as $Gamm{a}^{8,0}oplusGamm{a}^{0,24}$. $Gamm{a}^{0,24}$ can be the Leech lattice or any of 23 Niemeier lattices, while $Gamm{a}^{8,0}$ is the $E_8$ root lattice. We show that starting from this observation, one can find a precise connection between the Umbral groups and type IIA string theory on $K3$. This provides a natural physical starting point for understanding Mathieu and Umbral moonshine. The maximal unbroken subgroups of Umbral groups in 6D (or any other limit) are those obtained by starting at the associated Niemeier point and moving in moduli space while preserving the largest possible subgroup of the Umbral group. To illustrate the action of these symmetries on BPS states, we discuss the computation of certain protected four-derivative terms in the effective field theory, and recover facts about the spectrum and symmetry representations of 1/2-BPS states.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.07330

zbMATH Keywords

\(K3\)string compactificationsUmbral moonshine

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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