Asyzygies, modular forms, and the superstring measure. II

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.12.020MaRDI QIDQ874653zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eric D'Hoker, D. H. Phong

Publication date 10 April 2007

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0411182

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight (11F11) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Miscellaneous applications of number theory (11Z05)

Abstract: Precise factorization constraints are formulated for the three-loop superstring chiral measure, in the separating degeneration limit. Several natural Ans"atze in terms of polynomials in theta constants for the density of the measure are examined. None of these Ans"atze turns out to satisfy the dual criteria of modular covariance of weight 6, and of tending to the desired degeneration limit. However, an Ansatz is found which does satisfy these criteria for the square of the density of the measure, raising the possibility that it is not the density of the measure, but its square which is a polynomial in theta constants. A key notion is that of totally asyzygous sextets of spin structures. It is argued that the Ansatz produces a vanishing cosmological constant.

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