Borcherds algebras and N = 4 topological amplitudes

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DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2011)125zbMATH Open1298.81281arXiv1102.1821MaRDI QIDQ466601FDOQ466601


Authors: Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Daniel Persson, S. Hohenegger Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 27 October 2014

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

Abstract: The perturbative spectrum of BPS-states in the E_8 x E_8 heterotic string theory compactified on T^2 is analysed. We show that the space of BPS-states forms a representation of a certain Borcherds algebra G which we construct explicitly using an auxiliary conformal field theory. The denominator formula of an extension G_{ext} supset G of this algebra is then found to appear in a certain heterotic one-loop N=4 topological string amplitude. Our construction thus gives an N=4 realisation of the idea envisioned by Harvey and Moore, namely that the `algebra of BPS-states' controls the threshold corrections in the heterotic string.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1821




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