Topological G_{2} and Spin(7) strings at 1-loop from double complexes

DOI10.1007/JHEP02(2022)089MaRDI QIDQ6375704arXivFDO

Authors Anthony Ashmore, André Coimbra, Charles Strickland-Constable, Eirik Eik Svanes, David Tennyson

Publication date 20 August 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2022)089

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) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50)

arXiv classification

hep-thmath.DG

Abstract: We study the topological $G_2$ and $Spin(7)$ strings at 1-loop. We define new double complexes for supersymmetric NSNS backgrounds of string theory using generalised geometry. The 1-loop partition function then has a target-space interpretation as a particular alternating product of determinants of Laplacians, which we have dubbed the analytic torsion. In the case without flux where these backgrounds have special holonomy, we reproduce the worldsheet calculation of the $G_2$ string and give a new prediction for the $Spin(7)$ string. We also comment on connections with topological strings on Calabi-Yau and K3 backgrounds.

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