scholarly journals HIDDEN SYMMETRIES, SPECIAL GEOMETRY AND QUATERNIONIC MANIFOLDS

1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. DE WIT ◽  
A. VAN PROEYEN
Keyword(s):  
Sigma Models ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Ground States ◽  
Hidden Symmetries ◽  
Special Geometry ◽  
Symmetry Structure ◽  
Quaternionic Manifolds ◽  
Real Complex

The moduli space of the Calabi-Yau three-folds, which play a role as superstring ground states, exhibits the same special geometry that is known from nonlinear sigma models in N=2 supergravity theories. We discuss the symmetry structure of special real, complex and quaternionic spaces. Maps between these spaces are implemented via dimensional reduction. We analyze the emergence of extra and hidden symmetries. This analysis is then applied to homogeneous special spaces and the implications for the classification of homogeneous quaternionic spaces are discussed.

A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (PMS-49)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benson Farb ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Torelli Group ◽  
Surface Bundles ◽  
Surface Homeomorphisms ◽  
Low Dimensional

The study of the mapping class group Mod(S) is a classical topic that is experiencing a renaissance. It lies at the juncture of geometry, topology, and group theory. This book explains as many important theorems, examples, and techniques as possible, quickly and directly, while at the same time giving full details and keeping the text nearly self-contained. The book is suitable for graduate students. It begins by explaining the main group-theoretical properties of Mod(S), from finite generation by Dehn twists and low-dimensional homology to the Dehn–Nielsen–Baer–theorem. Along the way, central objects and tools are introduced, such as the Birman exact sequence, the complex of curves, the braid group, the symplectic representation, and the Torelli group. The book then introduces Teichmüller space and its geometry, and uses the action of Mod(S) on it to prove the Nielsen-Thurston classification of surface homeomorphisms. Topics include the topology of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, the connection with surface bundles, pseudo-Anosov theory, and Thurston's approach to the classification.

scholarly journals Smooth functorial field theories from B-fields and D-branes

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-153
Author(s):  
Severin Bunk ◽  
Konrad Waldorf
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Sigma Models ◽  
Lagrangian Approach ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Open Strings ◽  
Homotopy Invariant ◽  
Target Manifold ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Smooth Map

AbstractIn the Lagrangian approach to 2-dimensional sigma models, B-fields and D-branes contribute topological terms to the action of worldsheets of both open and closed strings. We show that these terms naturally fit into a 2-dimensional, smooth open-closed functorial field theory (FFT) in the sense of Atiyah, Segal, and Stolz–Teichner. We give a detailed construction of this smooth FFT, based on the definition of a suitable smooth bordism category. In this bordism category, all manifolds are equipped with a smooth map to a spacetime target manifold. Further, the object manifolds are allowed to have boundaries; these are the endpoints of open strings stretched between D-branes. The values of our FFT are obtained from the B-field and its D-branes via transgression. Our construction generalises work of Bunke–Turner–Willerton to include open strings. At the same time, it generalises work of Moore–Segal about open-closed TQFTs to include target spaces. We provide a number of further features of our FFT: we show that it depends functorially on the B-field and the D-branes, we show that it is thin homotopy invariant, and we show that it comes equipped with a positive reflection structure in the sense of Freed–Hopkins. Finally, we describe how our construction is related to the classification of open-closed TQFTs obtained by Lauda–Pfeiffer.

scholarly journals Codimension One Holomorphic Distributions on the Projective Three-space

2018 ◽  
Vol 2020 (23) ◽  
pp. 9011-9074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omegar Calvo-Andrade ◽  
Maurício Corrêa ◽  
Marcos Jardim
Keyword(s):  
Projective Space ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Tangent Bundle ◽  
Projective Variety ◽  
Arbitrary Degree ◽  
Codimension One ◽  
Quot Scheme ◽  
Space Of Distributions ◽  
Three Space

Abstract We study codimension one holomorphic distributions on the projective three-space, analyzing the properties of their singular schemes and tangent sheaves. In particular, we provide a classification of codimension one distributions of degree at most 2 with locally free tangent sheaves and show that codimension one distributions of arbitrary degree with only isolated singularities have stable tangent sheaves. Furthermore, we describe the moduli space of distributions in terms of Grothendieck’s Quot-scheme for the tangent bundle. In certain cases, we show that the moduli space of codimension one distributions on the projective space is an irreducible, nonsingular quasi-projective variety. Finally, we prove that every rational foliation and certain logarithmic foliations have stable tangent sheaves.

The quantum consistency of the 12-dimensional theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 1650010
Author(s):  
Simon Davis
Keyword(s):  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Supersymmetric Theory ◽  
Particle Spectrum ◽  
Dimensional Theory ◽  
Cosmological Constant Problem ◽  
Four Dimensions

By considering the 12-dimensional superalgebra, inferences are drawn about the finiteness of the 12-dimensional theory unifying the superstring models. The dimensional reduction of the nonsupersymmetric theory in four dimensions to a supersymmetric action in three dimensions is established for the bosonic sector. It is found to be the quotient by [Formula: see text] of the integration over the fiber coordinate of a theory with [Formula: see text] supersymmetry. Consequently, a flow on the moduli space of Spin(7) manifolds from a [Formula: see text] structure with [Formula: see text] supersymmetry yielding a phenomelogically realistic particle spectrum to a [Formula: see text] holonomy manifold compatible with supersymmetry in three dimensions and a nonsupersymmetric action in four dimensions, solving the quantum cosmological constant problem, is proven to exist. The projection of the representations of the [Formula: see text] superalgebra of the 12-dimensional theory to four dimensions include nonperturbative string solitons that are more stable because the dynamics is described by supersymmetric theory with a higher degree of finiteness.

Sequences of ground states and classification of frustration in odd-numbered antiferromagnetic rings

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Florek ◽  
Michał Antkowiak ◽  
Grzegorz Kamieniarz
Keyword(s):  
Ground States

Coset space dimensional reduction and classification of semi-realistic particle physics models

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 424-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Douzas ◽  
T. Grammatikopoulos ◽  
J. Madore ◽  
G. Zoupanos
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Coset Space

VERSAL DEFORMATIONS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIE ALGEBRAS AS L∞ ALGEBRAS

2005 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 145-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALICE FIALOWSKI ◽  
MICHAEL PENKAVA
Keyword(s):  
Vector Space ◽  
Lie Algebras ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Deformation Theory ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Exterior Degree ◽  
Versal Deformations

We consider versal deformations of 0|3-dimensional L∞ algebras, also called strongly homotopy Lie algebras, which correspond precisely to ordinary (non-graded) three-dimensional Lie algebras. The classification of such algebras is well-known, although we shall give a derivation of this classification using an approach of treating them as L∞ algebras. Because the symmetric algebra of a three-dimensional odd vector space contains terms only of exterior degree less than or equal to three, the construction of versal deformations can be carried out completely. We give a characterization of the moduli space of Lie algebras using deformation theory as a guide to understanding the picture.

CLASSIFICATION OF GAUGE-RELATED INVARIANT CONNECTIONS

1993 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 69-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BAUTISTA ◽  
J. MUCIÑO ◽  
E. NAHMAD-ACHAR ◽  
M. ROSENBAUM
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Group ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Structure Group ◽  
Fiber Bundles ◽  
Explicit Solutions ◽  
Arbitrary Structure ◽  
Holonomy Groups ◽  
Principal Fiber Bundles

Connection 1-forms on principal fiber bundles with arbitrary structure groups are considered, and a characterization of gauge-equivalent connections in terms of their associated holonomy groups is given. These results are then applied to invariant connections in the case where the symmetry group acts transitively on fibers, and both local and global conditions are derived which lead to an algebraic procedure for classifying orbits in the moduli space of these connections. As an application of the developed techniques, explicit solutions for SU (2) × SU (2)-symmetric connections over S2 × S2, with SU(2) structure group, are derived and classified into non-gauge-related families, and multi-instanton solutions are identified.

On unipotent flows in ℋ(1,1)

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
KARIANE CALTA ◽  
KEVIN WORTMAN
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Probability Measures ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Horocycle Flow ◽  
Abelian Differentials ◽  
Unipotent Flows ◽  
Genus Two

AbstractWe study the action of the horocycle flow on the moduli space of abelian differentials in genus two. In particular, we exhibit a classification of a specific class of probability measures that are invariant and ergodic under the horocycle flow on the stratum ℋ(1,1).

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