Geodesics on Calabi-Yau manifolds and winding states in nonlinear sigma models
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Publication:6238600
DOI10.3389/FPHY.2013.00026arXiv1301.1687WikidataQ58559717 ScholiaQ58559717MaRDI QIDQ6238600FDOQ6238600
Authors: Peng Gao, Michael R. Douglas 
Publication date: 8 January 2013
Abstract: We conjecture that a non-flat -real-dimensional compact Calabi-Yau manifold, such as a quintic hypersurface with D=6, or a K3 manifold with D=4, has locally length minimizing closed geodesics, and that the number of these with length less than L grows asymptotically as L^{D}. We also outline the physical arguments behind this conjecture, which involve the claim that all states in a nonlinear sigma model can be identified as "momentum" and "winding" states in the large volume limit.
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