arXiv research

Chiral string integrands simplify to ambitwistor string integrands in the tensionless limit.

Ambitwistor string matches superstring chiral integrands at zero tension.

Given a two-dimensional quantum field theory with (0,2) supersymmetry, one can construct a chiral (or vertex) algebra. The chiral algebra of a (0,2) supersymmetric sigma model is, perturbatively, the cohomology of a sheaf of chiral differential operators on a string Kähler manifold. However, it vanishes in some cases w…

Machine learning identifies string models with correct gauge groups and chiral asymmetry.

WZW models are abstract conformal field theories with an infinite dimensional symmetry which accounts for their integrability, and at the same time they have a sigma model description of closed string propagation on group manifolds which, in turn, endows the models with an intuitive geometric meaning. We exploit this d…

Neural-Network Quantum States have been recently introduced as an Ansatz for describing the wave function of quantum many-body systems. We show that there are strong connections between Neural-Network Quantum States in the form of Restricted Boltzmann Machines and some classes of Tensor-Network states in arbitrary dime…

We publish a table of primitive finite-type invariants of order less than or equal to six, for knots of ten or fewer crossings. We note certain mod-2 congruences, one of which leads to a chirality criterion in the Alexander polynomial. We state a computational result on mod-2 finite-type invariants of 2-strand string l…

Mathematical construction of vertex algebra representations from integrable G2 structures.

The chiral de Rham complex of Malikov, Schechtman, and Vaintrob, is a sheaf of differential graded vertex algebras that exists on any smooth manifold $Z$, and contains the ordinary de Rham complex at weight zero. Given a closed 3-form $H$ on $Z$, we construct the twisted chiral de Rham differential $D_H$, which coincid…

The paper explores gauge theory invariants and their duals via topological-holomorphic twist.

Researchers link vertex algebras to non-Kähler solutions of the Hull-Strominger system.

This paper describes a method for the automatic evaluation of the Links-Gould two-variable polynomial link invariant (LG) for any link, given only a braid presentation. This method is currently feasible for the evaluation of LG for links for which we have a braid presentation of string index at most 5. Data are present…

Chiral differential operators (CDOs) are closely related to string geometry and the quantum theory of two-dimensional sigma models. This paper investigates two topics about CDOs on smooth manifolds. In the first half, we study how a Lie group action on a smooth manifold can be lifted to a `formal loop group action' on …

Compactification of M- / string theory on manifolds with $G_2$ structure yields a wide variety of 4D and 3D physical theories. We analyze the local geometry of such compactifications as captured by a gauge theory obtained from a three-manifold of ADE singularities. Generic gauge theory solutions include a non-trivial g…

Two new minor minimal intrinsically chiral graphs identified.

We construct and study a closed, two-dimensional, quasi-topological (0,2) gauged sigma model with target space a smooth G-manifold, where G is any compact and connected Lie group. When the target space is a flag manifold of simple G, and the gauge group is a Cartan subgroup thereof, the perturbative model describes, pu…

Paper restricts chirally cosmetic surgeries on knots.

3-manifolds are chiral if not finitely covered by sphere or product.

We define a notion of stability for chiral ring of four dimensional N=1 theory by introducing test chiral rings and generalized a maximization. We conjecture that a chiral ring is the chiral ring of a superconformal field theory if and only if it is stable. We then study N=1 field theory derived from D3 branes probing …

Tensor measures chirality for curves, even those with rough edges.

Study shows most odd pretzel knots don't allow chirally cosmetic surgeries.

Study of quantum aspects of generalized Gross-Neveu models, focusing on sigma models.

This paper classifies chiral graphs up to size 12.

Study finds chirally cosmetic surgeries on knots and manifolds, contradicting previous conjectures.

Study describes global sections of chiral de Rham complex on compact Ricci-flat Kähler manifolds.

We classify which complete multipartite graphs are intrinsically chiral.

Study improves chiral photonic metasurface design using neural networks and genetic algorithms.

Study calculates global sections on complex curves.

Constructs chiral rational homology spheres with hyperbolic groups.

Chirality affects the curvature of molecular networks, influencing their shape and stability.

The study confirms that most positive 2-bridge knots up to 31 crossings do not have chirally cosmetic surgeries.

We show that a $(p,q)$-cable of a non-trivial knot $K$ does not admit chirally cosmetic surgery for $q\neq 2$, or $q=2$ with additional assumptions. In particular, we show that $(p,q)$-cable of non-trivial knot $K$ does not admit chirally cosmetic surgery as long as the JSJ piece of knot exterior does not contain $(2,r…

Paper studies knotoid chirality using shadow quandle colorings and invariants.

It is known that the bundle of Dirac spinors is produced as a direct sum of two bundles - the bundle of chiral spinors and its Hermitian conjugate bundle. In this paper some aspects of metric connections for chiral and Dirac spinors are resumed and their relation is studied.

Designs chiral photonic structures using machine learning for efficient optical properties.

We explore two-dimensional sigma models with (0,2) supersymmetry through their chiral algebras. Perturbatively, the chiral algebras of (0,2) models have a rich infinite-dimensional structure described by the cohomology of a sheaf of chiral differential operators. Nonperturbatively, instantons can deform this structure …

Study finds new knot distances and chirally cosmetic bands using grid diagrams.

Develops a braid-theoretic framework to analyze chirality in molecular knots.

Study shows most knots up to 10 crossings can't be chirally cosmetic.

Massive fermions help understand index theorems without chiral symmetry.

We call a closed, connected, orientable manifold in one of the categories TOP, PL or DIFF chiral if it does not admit an orientation-reversing automorphism and amphicheiral otherwise. Moreover, we call a manifold strongly chiral if it does not admit a self-map of degree -1. We prove that there are strongly chiral, smoo…

We study chirally cosmetic surgeries, that is, a pair of Dehn surgeries on a knot producing homeomorphic 3-manifolds with opposite orientations. Several constraints on knots and surgery slopes to admit such surgeries are given. Our main ingredients are the original and the $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ version of Casson invariant…

The abstract discusses connecting quantum mechanics and algebraic index theories.

Given a smooth $G$-vector bundle $E \to M$ with a connection $\nabla$, we propose the construction of a sheaf of vertex algebras $\mathcal{E}^{ch(E,\nabla)}$, which we call a \textit{chiral vector bundle}. $\mathcal{E}^{ch(E,\nabla)}$ contains as subsheaves the sheaf of superalgebras $Ω\otimes Γ(SE \otimes ΛE)$ and the…

In this paper, we study the perturbative aspects of the half-twisted variant of Witten's topological A-model coupled to a non-dynamical gauge field with Kahler target space X being a G-manifold. Our main objective is to furnish a purely physical interpretation of the equivariant cohomology of the chiral de Rham complex…

We explore the nonperturbative aspects of the chiral algebras of N = (0,2) sigma models, which perturbatively are intimately related to the theory of chiral differential operators (CDOs). The grading by charge and scaling dimension is anomalous if the first Chern class of the target space is nonzero. This has some nont…

This paper extends T-duality to exotic chiral de Rham complexes.

New Heegaard Floer homology findings block chirally cosmetic surgeries.