Holomorphic Anomalies, Fourfolds and Fluxes

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2022)072arXiv2012.00766MaRDI QIDQ6355063FDOQ6355063

Timo Weigand, Seung-Joo Lee, Guglielmo Lockhart, W. Lerche

Publication date: 1 December 2020

Abstract: We investigate holomorphic anomalies of partition functions underlying string compactifications on Calabi-Yau fourfolds with background fluxes. For elliptic fourfolds the partition functions have an alternative interpretation as elliptic genera of N=1 supersymmetric string theories in four dimensions, or as generating functions for relative Gromov-Witten invariants of fourfolds with fluxes. We derive the holomorphic anomaly equations by starting from the BCOV formalism of topological strings, and translating them into geometrical terms. The result can be recast into modular and elliptic anomaly equations. As a new feature, as compared to threefolds, we find an extra contribution which is given by a gravitational descendant invariant. This leads to linear terms in the anomaly equations, which support an algebra of derivatives mapping between partition functions of the various flux sectors. These geometric features are mirrored by certain properties of quasi-Jacobi forms. We also offer an interpretation of the physics from the viewpoint of the worldsheet theory.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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