Modular bootstrap for D4-D2-D0 indices on compact Calabi-Yau threefolds

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Authors: Sergei Alexandrov, Nava Gaddam, Jan Manschot, Boris Pioline 

Abstract: We investigate the modularity constraints on the generating series $h_r(au)$ of BPS indices counting D4-D2-D0 bound states with fixed D4-brane charge $r$ in type IIA string theory compactified on complete intersection Calabi-Yau threefolds with $b_2=1$. For unit D4-brane, $h_1$ transforms as a (vector-valued) modular form under the action of $SL(2,Z)$ and thus is completely determined by its polar terms. We propose an Ansatz for these terms in terms of rank 1 Donaldson-Thomas invariants, which incorporates contributions from a single D6-anti-D6 pair. Using an explicit overcomplete basis of the relevant space of weakly holomorphic modular forms (valid for any $r$), we find that for 10 of the 13 allowed threefolds, the Ansatz leads to a solution for $h_1$ with integer Fourier coefficients, thereby predicting an infinite series of DT invariants.For $r>1$, $h_r$ is mock modular and determined by its polar part together with its shadow. Restricting to $r=2$, we use the generating series of Hurwitz class numbers to construct a series $h_2^{man}$ with exactly the same modular anomaly as $h_2$, so that the difference $h_2-h_2^{man}$ is an ordinary modular form fixed by its polar terms. For lack of a satisfactory Ansatz, we leave the determination of these polar terms as an open problem.

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