Monstrous BPS-algebras and the superstring origin of moonshine

DOI10.4310/CNTP.2016.V10.N3.A2MaRDI QIDQ505017zbMATH OpenFDO

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)

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

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)

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.

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