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Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities

Motivated by mathematical structures which arise in string vacua and gauge theories with N=2 supersymmetry, we study the properties of certain generalized theta series which appear as Fourier coefficients of functions on a twisted torus. In Calabi-Yau string vacua, such theta series encode instanton...

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Autores principales: Alexandrov, Sergei, Pioline, Boris
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11005-016-0857-3
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2066877
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Pioline, Boris
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description Motivated by mathematical structures which arise in string vacua and gauge theories with N=2 supersymmetry, we study the properties of certain generalized theta series which appear as Fourier coefficients of functions on a twisted torus. In Calabi-Yau string vacua, such theta series encode instanton corrections from $k$ Neveu-Schwarz five-branes. The theta series are determined by vector-valued wave-functions, and in this work we obtain the transformation of these wave-functions induced by Kontsevich-Soibelman symplectomorphisms. This effectively provides a quantum version of these transformations, where the quantization parameter is inversely proportional to the five-brane charge $k$. Consistency with wall-crossing implies a new five-term relation for Faddeev's quantum dilogarithm $\Phi_b$ at $b=1$, which we prove. By allowing the torus to be non-commutative, we obtain a more general five-term relation valid for arbitrary $b$ and $k$, which may be relevant for the physics of five-branes at finite chemical potential for angular momentum.
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spelling cern-20668772023-03-14T18:34:23Zdoi:10.1007/s11005-016-0857-3http://cds.cern.ch/record/2066877engAlexandrov, SergeiPioline, BorisTheta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identitiesParticle Physics - TheoryMotivated by mathematical structures which arise in string vacua and gauge theories with N=2 supersymmetry, we study the properties of certain generalized theta series which appear as Fourier coefficients of functions on a twisted torus. In Calabi-Yau string vacua, such theta series encode instanton corrections from $k$ Neveu-Schwarz five-branes. The theta series are determined by vector-valued wave-functions, and in this work we obtain the transformation of these wave-functions induced by Kontsevich-Soibelman symplectomorphisms. This effectively provides a quantum version of these transformations, where the quantization parameter is inversely proportional to the five-brane charge $k$. Consistency with wall-crossing implies a new five-term relation for Faddeev's quantum dilogarithm $\Phi_b$ at $b=1$, which we prove. By allowing the torus to be non-commutative, we obtain a more general five-term relation valid for arbitrary $b$ and $k$, which may be relevant for the physics of five-branes at finite chemical potential for angular momentum.Motivated by mathematical structures which arise in string vacua and gauge theories with ${{\mathcal{N}=2}}$ supersymmetry, we study the properties of certain generalized theta series which appear as Fourier coefficients of functions on a twisted torus. In Calabi–Yau string vacua, such theta series encode instanton corrections from k Neveu–Schwarz five-branes. The theta series are determined by vector-valued wave-functions, and in this work we obtain the transformation of these wave-functions induced by Kontsevich–Soibelman symplectomorphisms. This effectively provides a quantum version of these transformations, where the quantization parameter is inversely proportional to the five-brane charge k. Consistency with wall-crossing implies a new five-term relation for Faddeev’s quantum dilogarithm ${\Phi_b}$ at b = 1, which we prove. By allowing the torus to be non-commutative, we obtain a more general five-term relation valid for arbitrary b and k, which may be relevant for the physics of five-branes at finite chemical potential for angular momentum.Motivated by mathematical structures which arise in string vacua and gauge theories with N=2 supersymmetry, we study the properties of certain generalized theta series which appear as Fourier coefficients of functions on a twisted torus. In Calabi-Yau string vacua, such theta series encode instanton corrections from $k$ Neveu-Schwarz five-branes. The theta series are determined by vector-valued wave-functions, and in this work we obtain the transformation of these wave-functions induced by Kontsevich-Soibelman symplectomorphisms. This effectively provides a quantum version of these transformations, where the quantization parameter is inversely proportional to the five-brane charge $k$. Consistency with wall-crossing implies a new five-term relation for Faddeev's quantum dilogarithm $\Phi_b$ at $b=1$, which we prove. By allowing the torus to be non-commutative, we obtain a more general five-term relation valid for arbitrary $b$ and $k$, which may be relevant for the physics of five-branes at finite chemical potential for angular momentum.arXiv:1511.02892L2C:15-197CERN-PH-TH-2015-262L2C:15-197CERN-PH-TH-2015-262oai:cds.cern.ch:20668772015-11-09
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Theory
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Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
title Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
title_full Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
title_fullStr Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
title_full_unstemmed Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
title_short Theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
title_sort theta series, wall-crossing and quantum dilogarithm identities
topic Particle Physics - Theory
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