Monstrous BPS-algebras and the superstring origin of moonshine

DOI10.4310/CNTP.2016.V10.N3.A2zbMATH Open1370.81147arXiv1601.05412MaRDI QIDQ505017FDOQ505017

Authors: Natalie Paquette, Daniel Persson, Roberto Volpato 

Publication date: 18 January 2017

Published in: Communications in Number Theory and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide a physics derivation of Monstrous moonshine. We show that the McKay-Thompson series $T_g$, $ginmathbbM$, can be interpreted as supersymmetric indices counting spacetime BPS-states in certain heterotic string models. The invariance groups of these series arise naturally as spacetime T-duality groups and their genus zero property descends from the behaviour of these heterotic models in suitable decompactification limits. We also show that the space of BPS-states forms a module for the Monstrous Lie algebras $mathfrak{m}_g$, constructed by Borcherds and Carnahan. We argue that $mathfrak{m}_g$ arise in the heterotic models as algebras of spontaneously broken gauge symmetries, whose generators are in exact correspondence with BPS-states. This gives $mathfrak{m}_g$ an interpretation as a kind of BPS-algebra.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.05412

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zbMATH Keywords

monstrous moonshineBPS-algebraheterotic superstring

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) 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) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Finite simple groups and their classification (20D05)

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