scholarly journals Moduli space holography and the finiteness of flux vacua

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Grimm
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Boundary Data ◽  
Hodge Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Hodge Conjecture ◽  
String Compactifications ◽  
Finiteness Result ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Dimension One

Abstract A holographic perspective to study and characterize field spaces that arise in string compactifications is suggested. A concrete correspondence is developed by studying two-dimensional moduli spaces in supersymmetric string compactifications. It is proposed that there exist theories on the boundaries of each moduli space, whose crucial data are given by a Hilbert space, an Sl(2, ℂ)-algebra, and two special operators. This boundary data is motivated by asymptotic Hodge theory and the fact that the physical metric on the moduli space of Calabi-Yau manifolds asymptotes near any infinite distance boundary to a Poincaré metric with Sl(2, ℝ) isometry. The crucial part of the bulk theory on the moduli space is a sigma model for group-valued matter fields. It is discussed how this might be coupled to a two-dimensional gravity theory. The classical bulk-boundary matching is then given by the proof of the famous Sl(2) orbit theorem of Hodge theory, which is reformulated in a more physical language. Applying this correspondence to the flux landscape in Calabi-Yau fourfold compactifications it is shown that there are no infinite tails of self-dual flux vacua near any co-dimension one boundary. This finiteness result is a consequence of the constraints on the near boundary expansion of the bulk solutions that match to the boundary data. It is also pointed out that there is a striking connection of the finiteness result for supersymmetric flux vacua and the Hodge conjecture.

INTERSECTION THEORY AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY AT GENUS 3 AND 4

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (26) ◽  
pp. 2127-2134 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES H. HORNE
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Intersection Theory ◽  
Gravity Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Intersection Numbers ◽  
Dimensional Gravity

We show that the k = 1 two-dimensional gravity amplitudes at genus 3 agree precisely with the results from intersection theory on moduli space. Predictions for the genus 4 intersection numbers follow easily from the two-dimensional gravity theory.

scholarly journals Comparison of Poisson structures on moduli spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indranil Biswas ◽  
Francesco Bottacin ◽  
Tomás L. Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Poisson Structures ◽  
Projective Curve ◽  
Smooth Projective Curve ◽  
Algebraic Vector ◽  
Pure Dimension ◽  
Stable Sheaves ◽  
Fixed Rank ◽  
Dimension One

AbstractLet X be a complex irreducible smooth projective curve, and let $${{\mathbb {L}}}$$ L be an algebraic line bundle on X with a nonzero section $$\sigma _0$$ σ 0 . Let $${\mathcal {M}}$$ M denote the moduli space of stable Hitchin pairs $$(E,\, \theta )$$ ( E , θ ) , where E is an algebraic vector bundle on X of fixed rank r and degree $$\delta $$ δ , and $$\theta \, \in \, H^0(X,\, {\mathcal {E}nd}(E)\otimes K_X\otimes {{\mathbb {L}}})$$ θ ∈ H 0 ( X , E n d ( E ) ⊗ K X ⊗ L ) . Associating to every stable Hitchin pair its spectral data, an isomorphism of $${\mathcal {M}}$$ M with a moduli space $${\mathcal {P}}$$ P of stable sheaves of pure dimension one on the total space of $$K_X\otimes {{\mathbb {L}}}$$ K X ⊗ L is obtained. Both the moduli spaces $${\mathcal {P}}$$ P and $${\mathcal {M}}$$ M are equipped with algebraic Poisson structures, which are constructed using $$\sigma _0$$ σ 0 . Here we prove that the above isomorphism between $${\mathcal {P}}$$ P and $${\mathcal {M}}$$ M preserves the Poisson structures.

scholarly journals Developments in topological gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (30) ◽  
pp. 1830029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robbert Dijkgraaf ◽  
Edward Witten
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Intersection Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Topological Gravity ◽  
The Relationship

This note aims to provide an entrée to two developments in two-dimensional topological gravity — that is, intersection theory on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces — that have not yet become well known among physicists. A little over a decade ago, Mirzakhani discovered[Formula: see text] an elegant new proof of the formulas that result from the relationship between topological gravity and matrix models of two-dimensional gravity. Here we will give a very partial introduction to that work, which hopefully will also serve as a modest tribute to the memory of a brilliant mathematical pioneer. More recently, Pandharipande, Solomon, and Tessler3 (with further developments in Refs. 4–6) generalized intersection theory on moduli space to the case of Riemann surfaces with boundary, leading to generalizations of the familiar KdV and Virasoro formulas. Though the existence of such a generalization appears natural from the matrix model viewpoint — it corresponds to adding vector degrees of freedom to the matrix model — constructing this generalization is not straightforward. We will give some idea of the unexpected way that the difficulties were resolved.

scholarly journals THE MODULI SPACE OF N = 2 SUPER-RIEMANN SPHERES WITH TUBES

2007 ◽  
Vol 09 (06) ◽  
pp. 857-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATRINA BARRON
Keyword(s):  
Coordinate System ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Riemann Sphere ◽  
Symmetric Groups ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Genus Zero ◽  
Superconformal Field Theory ◽  
Group Structures

Within the framework of complex supergeometry and motivated by two-dimensional genus-zero holomorphic N = 2 superconformal field theory, we define the moduli space of N = 2 super-Riemann spheres with oriented and ordered half-infinite tubes (or equivalently, oriented and ordered punctures, and local superconformal coordinates vanishing at the punctures), modulo N = 2 superconformal equivalence. We develop a formal theory of infinitesimal N = 2 superconformal transformations based on a representation of the N = 2 Neveu–Schwarz algebra in terms of superderivations. In particular, via these infinitesimals we present the Lie supergroup of N = 2 superprojective transformations of the N = 2 super-Riemann sphere. We give a reformulation of the moduli space in terms of these infinitesimals. We introduce generalized N = 2 super-Riemann spheres with tubes and discuss some group structures associated to certain moduli spaces of both generalized and non-generalized N = 2 super-Riemann spheres. We define an action of the symmetric groups on the moduli space. Lastly we discuss the nonhomogeneous (versus homogeneous) coordinate system associated to N = 2 superconformal structures and the corresponding results in this coordinate system.

scholarly journals On the existence of connected components of dimension one in the branch locus of moduli spaces of riemann surfaces

2012 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio F. Costa ◽  
Milagros Izquierdo
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Fuchsian Groups ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Branch Locus ◽  
Isolated Points ◽  
Compact Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Dimension One ◽  
Substantial Interest

Let $g$ be an integer $\geq3$ and let $B_{g}=\{X\in\mathcal{M}_{g}: \mathrm{Aut}(X)\neq Id\}$ be the branch locus of $M_{g}$, where $M_{g}$ denotes the moduli space of compact Riemann surfaces of genus $g$. The structure of $B_{g}$ is of substantial interest because $B_{g}$ corresponds to the singularities of the action of the modular group on the Teichmüller space of surfaces of genus $g$ (see [14]). Kulkarni ([15], see also [13]) proved the existence of isolated points in the branch loci of the moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces. In this work we study the isolated connected components of dimension 1 in such loci. These isolated components of dimension one appear if the genus is $g=p-1$ with $p$ prime $\geq11$. We use uniformization by Fuchsian groups and the equisymmetric stratification of the branch loci.

scholarly journals On rational points in CFT moduli spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Benjamin ◽  
Christoph A. Keller ◽  
Hirosi Ooguri ◽  
Ida G. Zadeh
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Sigma Model ◽  
Rational Points ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Conformal Field Theories ◽  
Conformal Field

Abstract Motivated by the search for rational points in moduli spaces of two-dimensional conformal field theories, we investigate how points with enhanced symmetry algebras are distributed there. We first study the bosonic sigma-model with S1 target space in detail and uncover hitherto unknown features. We find for instance that the vanishing of the twist gap, though true for the S1 example, does not automatically follow from enhanced symmetry points being dense in the moduli space. We then explore the supersymmetric sigma-model on K3 by perturbing away from the torus orbifold locus. Though we do not reach a definite conclusion on the distribution of enhanced symmetry points in the K3 moduli space, we make several observations on how chiral currents can emerge and disappear under conformal perturbation theory.

scholarly journals On the Voevodsky motive of the moduli space of Higgs bundles on a curve

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Hoskins ◽  
Simon Pepin Lehalleur
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Characteristic Zero ◽  
Rational Point ◽  
Triangulated Category ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Projective Curve ◽  
Smooth Projective Curve ◽  
De Rham

AbstractWe study the motive of the moduli space of semistable Higgs bundles of coprime rank and degree on a smooth projective curve C over a field k under the assumption that C has a rational point. We show this motive is contained in the thick tensor subcategory of Voevodsky’s triangulated category of motives with rational coefficients generated by the motive of C. Moreover, over a field of characteristic zero, we prove a motivic non-abelian Hodge correspondence: the integral motives of the Higgs and de Rham moduli spaces are isomorphic.

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