Enumerative geometry via the moduli space of super Riemann surfaces

arXiv2005.04378MaRDI QIDQ6340343FDOQ6340343

Authors: Paul Norbury 

Publication date: 9 May 2020

Abstract: In this paper we relate volumes of moduli spaces of super Riemann surfaces to integrals over the moduli space of stable Riemann surfaces $overline{calM}_{g,n}$. This allows us to prove via algebraic geometry a recursion between the volumes of moduli spaces of super hyperbolic surfaces previously proven via super geometry techniques by Stanford and Witten. The recursion between the volumes of moduli spaces of super hyperbolic surfaces is proven to be equivalent to the fact that a generating function for the intersection numbers of a natural collection of cohomology classes $Thet{a}_{g,n}$ with tautological classes on $overline{calM}_{g,n}$ is a KdV tau function. This is analogous to Mirzakhani's proof of the Kontsevich-Witten theorem regarding a generating function for the intersection numbers of tautological classes on $overline{calM}_{g,n}$ using volumes of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Supermanifolds and graded manifolds (58A50)

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