scholarly journals 6d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = (1, 0) anomalies on S1 and F-theory implications

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Corvilain
Keyword(s):  
Lorentz Invariance ◽  
Perfect Match ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Theory Reduction ◽  
Free Theory ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Gauge Anomalies ◽  
Effective Theories ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We show that the pure gauge anomalies of 6d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = (1, 0) theories compactified on a circle are captured by field-dependent Chern-Simons terms appearing at one-loop in the 5d effective theories. These terms vanish if and only if anomalies are canceled. In order to obtain this result, it is crucial to integrate out the massive Kaluza-Klein modes in a way that preserves 6d Lorentz invariance; the often-used zeta-function regularization is not sufficient. Since such field-dependent Chern-Simons terms do not arise in the reduction of M-theory on a threefold, six-dimensional F-theory compactifications are automatically anomaly free, whenever the M/F-duality can be used. A perfect match is then found between the 5d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 prepotentials of the classical M-theory reduction and one-loop circle compactification of an anomaly free theory. Finally, from this potential, we read off the quantum corrections to the gauge coupling functions.

scholarly journals THE OSp(32|1) VERSUS OSp(8|2) SUPERSYMMETRIC M-BRANE ACTION FROM SELF-DUAL (2, 2) STRINGS

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (29) ◽  
pp. 2369-2379 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGEI V. KETOV
Keyword(s):  
Lorentz Invariance ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Symmetry Structure ◽  
String Membrane ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Integrable Field ◽  
Fundamental Formulation

Taking the (2, 2) strings as a starting point, we discuss the equivalent integrable field theories and analyze their symmetry structure in 2+2 dimensions from the viewpoint of string/membrane unification. Requiring the “Lorentz” invariance and supersymmetry in the (2, 2) string target space leads to an extension of the (2, 2) string theory to a theory of (2+2)-dimensional supermembranes (M-branes) propagating in a higher-dimensional target space. The origin of the hidden target space dimensions of the M-brane is related to the maximally extended supersymmetry implied by the “Lorentz” covariance and dimensional reasons. The Kähler-Chern-Simons-type action describing the self-dual gravity in 2+2 dimensions is proposed. Its maximal supersymmetric extension (of the Green-Schwarz-type) naturally leads to the 2+10 (or higher) dimensions for the M-brane target space. The proposed OSp (32|1) supersymmetric action gives the pre-geometrical description of M-branes, which may be useful for a fundamental formulation of F&M theory.

scholarly journals Chern-Simons invariants and heterotic superpotentials

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara B. Anderson ◽  
James Gray ◽  
Andre Lukas ◽  
Juntao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heterotic String ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Vacuum Stability ◽  
Large Classes ◽  
Moduli Stabilization ◽  
String Compactifications ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Effective Theories ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Tangent Bundles

Abstract The superpotential in four-dimensional heterotic effective theories contains terms arising from holomorphic Chern-Simons invariants associated to the gauge and tangent bundles of the compactification geometry. These effects are crucial for a number of key features of the theory, including vacuum stability and moduli stabilization. Despite their importance, few tools exist in the literature to compute such effects in a given heterotic vacuum. In this work we present new techniques to explicitly determine holomorphic Chern-Simons invariants in heterotic string compactifications. The key technical ingredient in our computations are real bundle morphisms between the gauge and tangent bundles. We find that there are large classes of examples, beyond the standard embedding, where the Chern-Simons superpotential vanishes. We also provide explicit examples for non-flat bundles where it is non-vanishing and non-integer quantized, generalizing previous results for Wilson lines.

scholarly journals The 3d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 6 bootstrap: from higher spins to strings to membranes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Damon J. Binder ◽  
Shai M. Chester ◽  
Max Jerdee ◽  
Silviu S. Pufu
Keyword(s):  
Block Decomposition ◽  
Point Function ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Bootstrap Techniques ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Tensor Multiplet ◽  
Higher Spins ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

Abstract We study the space of 3d $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 6 SCFTs by combining numerical bootstrap techniques with exact results derived using supersymmetric localization. First we derive the superconformal block decomposition of the four-point function of the stress tensor multiplet superconformal primary. We then use supersymmetric localization results for the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 6 U(N)k × U(N + M)−k Chern-Simons-matter theories to determine two protected OPE coefficients for many values of N, M, k. These two exact inputs are combined with the numerical bootstrap to compute precise rigorous islands for a wide range of N, k at M = 0, so that we can non-perturbatively interpolate between SCFTs with M-theory duals at small k and string theory duals at large k. We also present evidence that the localization results for the U(1)2M × U (1 + M)−2M theory, which has a vector-like large-M limit dual to higher spin theory, saturates the bootstrap bounds for certain protected CFT data. The extremal functional allows us to then conjecturally reconstruct low-lying CFT data for this theory.

scholarly journals M2-BRANES AND AdS/CFT

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 332-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGOR R. KLEBANOV
Keyword(s):  
Abjm Theory ◽  
Dual Formulation ◽  
Matter Theory ◽  
Monopole Operators ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

We provide a brief introduction to the ABJM theory, the level kU(N) × U(N) superconformal Chern-Simons matter theory which has been conjectured to describe N coincident M2 -branes. We discuss its dual formulation in terms of M -theory on AdS4 × S7/ℤk and review some of the evidence in favor of the conjecture. We end with a brief discussion of the important role played by the monopole operators.

scholarly journals A CHERN–SIMONS E8 GAUGE THEORY OF GRAVITY IN D = 15, GRAND UNIFICATION AND GENERALIZED GRAVITY IN CLIFFORD SPACES

2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
pp. 1239-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS CASTRO
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Grand Unification ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Sitter Group ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Theory Of Gravity ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Topological Part ◽  
Gauge Theory Of Gravity

A novel Chern–Simons E8 gauge theory of gravity in D = 15 based on an octicE8 invariant expression in D = 16 (recently constructed by Cederwall and Palmkvist) is developed. A grand unification model of gravity with the other forces is very plausible within the framework of a supersymmetric extension (to incorporate spacetime fermions) of this Chern–Simons E8 gauge theory. We review the construction showing why the ordinary 11D Chern–Simons gravity theory (based on the Anti de Sitter group) can be embedded into a Clifford-algebra valued gauge theory and that an E8 Yang–Mills field theory is a small sector of a Clifford (16) algebra gauge theory. An E8 gauge bundle formulation was instrumental in understanding the topological part of the 11-dim M-theory partition function. The nature of this 11-dim E8 gauge theory remains unknown. We hope that the Chern–Simons E8 gauge theory of gravity in D = 15 advanced in this work may shed some light into solving this problem after a dimensional reduction.

scholarly journals M-THEORY DUALITY AND BPS-EXTENDED SUPERGRAVITY

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (05) ◽  
pp. 1002-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERNARD DE WIT
Keyword(s):  
Lorentz Invariance ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Duality Group ◽  
Toroidal Compactifications ◽  
Maximal Supergravity ◽  
Bps States ◽  
M Theory

We discuss toroidal compactifications of maximal supergravity coupled to an extended configuration of BPS states which transform consistently under the U-duality group. Under certain conditions this leads to theories that live in more than eleven space-time dimensions, with maximal supersymmetry but only partial Lorentz invariance. We demonstrate certain features of this construction for the case of nine-dimensional N=2 supergravity.

scholarly journals F-THEORY FLUXES, CHIRALITY AND CHERN-SIMONS THEORIES

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 200-202
Author(s):  
HIROTAKA HAYASHI
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

We have established a relation between the four-dimensional chiral index in F-theory compactifications and the three-dimensional Chern-Simons coupling in M-theory compactifications by using F-theory - M-theory duality. The content of this article is based on our recent paper,1 which is in collaboration with Thomas W. Grimm.

scholarly journals FERMIONS FROM PHOTONS: BOSONIZATION OF QED IN 2+1 DIMENSIONS

1994 ◽  
Vol 09 (27) ◽  
pp. 4669-4700 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. KOVNER ◽  
P.S. KURZEPA
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Vector Potential ◽  
Energy Momentum Tensor ◽  
Lorentz Invariance ◽  
Hamiltonian Formalism ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Regularization Procedure ◽  
Local Polynomial ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Chern Simons

We perform the complete bosonization of (2+1)-dimensional QED with one fermionic flavor in the Hamiltonian formalism. The Fermi operators are explicitly constructed in terms of the vector potential and the electric field. We carefully specify the regularization procedure involved in the definition of these operators, and calculate the fermionic bilinears and the energy-momentum tensor. The algebra of bilinears exhibits the Schwinger terms which also appear in perturbation theory. The bosonic Hamiltonian is a local, polynomial functional of Ai and Ei, and we check explicitly the Lorentz invariance of the resulting bosonic theory. Our construction is conceptually very similar to Mandelstam’s construction in 1+1 dimensions, and is dissimilar from the recent bosonization attempts in 2+1 dimensions, which hinge crucially on the presence of a Chern-Simons term.

RENORMALIZATION AMBIGUITIES AND GAUGE SYMMETRY IN CHERN–SIMONS THEORIES

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (07) ◽  
pp. 511-525
Author(s):  
J. L. LÓPEZ
Keyword(s):  
Effective Action ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Simons Theory ◽  
Radiative Corrections ◽  
Dirac Fermions ◽  
Coupling Constant ◽  
Effective Constant ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Chern Simons Theory

The universality of radiative corrections to the gauge coupling constant k of the Chern–Simons theory is studied in a very general regularization scheme in the background gauge formalism. The effective constant k eff induced by radiative corrections can be any real number depending on the balance between the ultraviolet behavior of scalar and pseudoscalar terms in the regularized action. This ambiguity of the effective action is related to the ambiguity in the parity anomaly of three-dimensional Dirac fermions. The effective action also contains a non-analytic term in the gauge field with the same coefficient and opposite gauge transformation in such a way that the effective action is gauge-invariant. The results open the possibility of a connection with non-rational two-dimensional conformal theories for non-integer values of k eff .

scholarly journals EMBEDDING FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL SOLITONS IN M-THEORY COMPACTIFICATIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (07) ◽  
pp. 1507-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. BELHAJ ◽  
N.-E. FAHSSI ◽  
E. H. SAIDI ◽  
A. SEGUI
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Hall ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Fractional Quantum ◽  
Fractional Quantum Hall ◽  
Hirzebruch Surfaces ◽  
Dynkin Diagrams ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Dynkin Quivers ◽  
M Theory ◽  
Chern Simons

We engineer U(1)n Chern–Simons type theories describing fractional quantum Hall solitons (QHS) in 1 + 2 dimensions from M-theory compactified on eight-dimensional hyper-Kähler manifolds as target space of N = 4 sigma model. Based on M-theory/type IIA duality, the systems can be modeled by considering D6-branes wrapping intersecting Hirzebruch surfaces F0's arranged as ADE Dynkin Diagrams and interacting with higher-dimensional R-R gauge fields. In the case of finite Dynkin quivers, we recover well known values of the filling factor observed experimentally including Laughlin, Haldane and Jain series.

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