Compact K3 metrics derived from string theory vacua.
problem Finding Ricci-flat metrics on K3 surfaces.
method Using little string theory and BPS degeneracies.
result Systematic procedure for determining K3 metrics.
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From an operad C with an action of a group G, we construct new operads using the homotopy fixed point and orbit spectra. These new operads are shown to be equivalent when the generalized G-Tate cohomology of C is trivial. Applying this theory to the little disk operad C_2 (which is an S^1 operad) we obtain variations o…
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Constructs Ricci-flat K3 metrics using D-geometry.
problem Computing the BPS index of a heterotic string theory.
method Hyper-Kähler quotient and D-geometry technology.
result Contains solution to BPS state counting problem.
New methods link Calabi-Yau metrics to random matrices.
problem Lack of explicit metrics on Calabi-Yau manifolds hinders particle physics computations.
method Numerical approximations of the Laplacian spectrum on Calabi-Yau spaces.
result Surprising link found between Calabi-Yau metrics and random matrix theory.
Topological string theory derived from string geometry for non-perturbative effects.
problem Deriving non-perturbative effects in string theory.
method Formulating topological string geometry theory and deriving the partition function from fluctuations around a classical solution.
result Perturbative partition function of topological string theory derived.
Identifies all perturbative vacua in bosonic string theory.
problem Identifying all perturbative vacua in bosonic string theory.
method Completely identified perturbative vacua through string fluctuations.
result Derivation of path-integrals up to any order from fluctuations.
Derives path integrals for perturbative strings on various backgrounds.
problem Calculating path integrals for strings on curved backgrounds.
method Derives path integrals from string geometry theory by considering fluctuations around string backgrounds.
result Derives path integrals of all order perturbative strings on various backgrounds.
String geometry theory connects strings to space-time and finds string vacua.
problem Identify and find the global minimum of the string vacuum.
method Identify perturbative vacua, derive path-integrals, and solve the global minimum using analytical and numerical methods.
result The global minimum of the effective potential is the string vacuum.
Derives path-integrals for superstrings on curved backgrounds using string geometry theory.
problem Calculating path-integrals for superstrings on curved backgrounds.
method Derives path-integrals from string geometry theory by considering fluctuations around string backgrounds.
result Derives path-integrals for perturbative superstrings on all string backgrounds.
There is an interpretation of open string field theory in algebraic topology. An interpretation of closed string field theory can be deduced from this open string theory to obtain as well the interpretation of open and closed string field theory combined.
We show that the Chas-Sullivan loop product, a combination of the Pontrjagin product on the fiber and intersection product on the base, makes sense on the total space homology of any fiberwise monoid E over a closed oriented manifold M. More generally the Thom spectrum E^{-TM} is a ring spectrum. Similarly a fiberwise …
This paper classifies virtual string links up to cobordism using group theory.
problem Classifying virtual string links up to cobordism.
method Using group theory, specifically the group .
result Virtual string links up to cobordism are classified by elements of .
In this note we revisit the subject of anomaly cancelation in string theory and M-theory on manifolds with String structure and give three observations. First, that on String manifolds there is no E8 x E8 global anomaly in heterotic string theory. Second, that the description of the anomaly in the phase of the M-theory…
We derive a recursion relation for hyperbolic string vertices and apply it to string field theory.
problem Deriving a recursion relation for hyperbolic string vertices and its implications for string field theory.
method Using systolic volumes and a modified Mirzakhani's recursion, we construct a higher-order vertex determination for hyperbolic string field theory.
result The higher order vertices in hyperbolic string field theory are determined by the cubic vertex iteratively for any background.
The framed little 2-discs operad is homotopy equivalent to a cyclic operad. We show that the derived modular envelope of this cyclic operad (i.e., the modular operad freely generated in a homotopy invariant sense) is homotopy equivalent to the modular operad made from classifying spaces of diffeomorphism groups of 3-di…
Paper shows string cobordism at 24 dims can be determined by elliptic genus.
problem Determining string cobordism at dimension 24.
method Using elliptic genus as an invariant.
result Shows string cobordism at 24 dims can be determined by elliptic genus.
String geometry theory uniquely determines classical action with T-symmetry.
problem Non-renormalizability and loop corrections in string theory.
method Distinguishes effects of β and ħ parameters, proving no loop corrections.
result No loop corrections in string geometry theory, avoiding non-renormalizability.
String vertices proven in hyperbolic geometry, unique up to transformations.
problem Existence and uniqueness of string vertices in string field theory.
method Homological proof using hyperbolic metrics and geodesic boundaries.
result String vertices are sets of surfaces with systole greater than or equal to .
Recent years have seen noteworthy progress in the mathematical formulation of quantum field theory and perturbative string theory. We give a brief survey of these developments. It serves as an introduction to the more detailed collection "Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory and Perturbative String Theory".
We define string geometry: spaces of superstrings including the interactions, their topologies, charts, and metrics. Trajectories in asymptotic processes on a space of strings reproduce the right moduli space of the super Riemann surfaces in a target manifold. Based on the string geometry, we define Einstein-Hilbert ac…
We give a brief overview of the theory of complex dimensions of real (archimedean) fractal strings via an illustrative example, the ordinary Cantor string, and a detailed survey of the theory of p-adic (nonarchimedean) fractal strings and their complex dimensions. Moreover, we present an explicit volume formula for the…
String theory connects lattice models, links, and geometric Langlands.
problem Connecting lattice models, links, and geometric Langlands.
method T-duality and worldvolume theories in string theory.
result Unified understanding of various mathematical concepts.
We synthesize and extend the previous ideas about appearance of both noncommutative and Finsler geometry in string theory with nonvanishing B--field and/or anholonomic (super) frame structures \cite{vstring,vstr2,vnonc,vncf}. There are investigated the limits to the Einstein gravity and string generalizations containin…
Chiral string integrands simplify to ambitwistor string integrands in the tensionless limit.
problem Understanding the relationship between chiral and ambitwistor string integrands.
method Analyzing the tensionless limit of chiral superstring integrands.
result Chiral superstring integrands reduce to ambitwistor string integrands in the tensionless limit.
We prove that the open topological string partition function on a D-brane configuration in a Calabi-Yau manifold X takes the form of a closed topological string partition function on a different Calabi-Yau manifold X_b. This identification shows that the physics of D-branes in an arbitrary background X of topological s…
We study refined topological string theory in the presence of orientifolds by counting second-quantized BPS states in M-theory. This leads us to propose a new integrality condition for both refined and unrefined topological strings when orientifolds are present. We define the SO(2N) refined Chern-Simons theory which co…
Cohomotopy charge quantization implies String structure on M5-branes.
problem Charge quantization in M-theory.
method J-twisted Cohomotopy and higher Sp(1)-gauge field analysis.
result Emergence of twisted String structure on M5-branes.
Survey of geometric flows from unified string theories.
problem None explicitly stated, but related to understanding geometric flows in string theories.
method Survey of geometric flows in various geometries (complex, almost-complex, symplectic) motivated by string theories.
result Intermediate flows between Ricci and Kähler-Ricci flows, often coupled to additional fields.
Analyzes string topology operations using Chen's integrals and homotopy transfer.
problem Relating string topology to perturbative Chern-Simons theory.
method Develops integrals over configuration spaces and applies homotopy transfer.
result Intertwines involutive Lie bialgebra structures on homology.
Measures on Banach Manifolds, Random Surfaces, and Nonperturbative String Field Theory with Cut-offsmath-ph
We construct a cut-off version of nonpertubative closed Bosonic string field theory in the light-cone gauge with imaginary string coupling constant. We show that the partition function is a continuous function of the string coupling constant, and conjecture a relation between the formal power series expansion of this p…
Heterotic vacua of string theory are realised, at large radius, by a compact threefold with vanishing first Chern class together with a choice of stable holomorphic vector bundle. These form a wide class of potentially realistic four-dimensional vacua of string theory. Despite all their phenomenological promise, there …
Using a cell model for the little discs operad in terms of spineless cacti we give a minimal common topological operadic formalism for three a priori disparate algebraic structures: (1) a solution to Deligne's conjecture on the Hochschild complex, (2) the Hopf algebra of Connes and Kreimer, and (3) the string topology …
Reformulates compatibility condition for generalized metrics in string theory.
problem Compatibility condition between generalized metrics and Dirac structures.
method Formulated using two connections in Dirac-geometric terms.
result Transverse generalized metric needed for string theory dynamics.
We make a precision test of a recently proposed conjecture relating Chern-Simons gauge theory to topological string theory on the resolution of the conifold. First, we develop a systematic procedure to extract string amplitudes from vacuum expectation values (vevs) of Wilson loops in Chern-Simons gauge theory, and then…
Motivated by the Moore-Segal axioms for an open-closed topological field theory, we consider planar open string topological field theories. We rigorously define a category 2Thick whose objects and morphisms can be thought of as open strings and diffeomorphism classes of planar open string worldsheets. Just as the categ…
E-string theory reveals modular properties of 4-manifold invariants.
problem Understanding the topology of 4-dimensional manifolds.
method Computing partition function on and verifying its modular properties.
result The partition function of the E-string theory is modular and can be lifted to a topological modular form.
Homflypt skein theory and string topology linked via 2-groupoids.
problem Understanding relations in Homflypt skein theory.
method Defined a 2-groupoid from the fundamental 2-groupoid of singular links, relating it to string topology.
result Relations in Homflypt skein theory are induced from a 2-groupoid.
We argue that the relevant higher gauge group for the non-abelian generalization of the self-dual string equation is the string 2-group. We then derive the corresponding equations of motion and discuss their properties. The underlying geometric picture is a string structure, i.e. a categorified principal bundle with co…
Develops Palatini formalism in generalized geometry for string theory.
problem Formulating Palatini variation in generalized geometry.
method Palatini formalism within generalized Riemannian geometry of Courant algebroids.
result Natural emergence of generalized Levi-Civita connection and string effective actions.
We consider D-branes in string theory and address the issue of how to describe them mathematically as a fundamental object (as opposed to a solitonic object) of string theory in the realm in differential and symplectic geometry. The notion of continuous maps, -times differentiable maps, and smooth maps from an Azuma…
The most general gauge-invariant marginal deformation of four-dimensional abelian BF-type topological field theory is studied. It is shown that the deformed quantum field theory is topological and that its observables compute, in addition to the usual linking numbers, smooth intersection indices of immersed surfaces wh…
The study explores conditions for supersymmetry in string theory, focusing on Ricci flat manifolds.
problem Does string theory predict supersymmetry below the string scale?
method Formulated a necessary condition for supersymmetry, focusing on stable, compact Ricci flat manifolds.
result Almost equivalent to the proposal that the landscape of string theory compactifications is supersymmetric.
Duality restored in gauge theory, gravity, and string theory models.
problem Restoring duality invariance in theories coupled to matter.
method Extending phase space to allow for violations of the algebraic Bianchi identity and considering the axion as the duality current.
result Duality current in NS-NS gravity is the divergence of the axion.
Extends string-net theory to 3D TQFT via surface graphs and surgery.
problem Formulate 3D TQFT using string-net theory.
method Extend string-net construction to 3D TQFT using surface graphs and surgery.
result Alternative description of Turaev-Viro model using string-nets.
Numbers and numerical vectors account for a large portion of data. However, recently the amount of string data generated has increased dramatically. Consequently, classifying string data is a common problem in many fields. The most widely used approach to this problem is to convert strings into numerical vectors using …
We summarize the main results of our recent investigation of bundles of real Clifford modules and briefly touch on some applications to string theory and supergravity.
We review the string/gauge theory duality relating Chern-Simons theory and topological strings on noncompact Calabi-Yau manifolds, as well as its mathematical implications for knot invariants and enumerative geometry.
Introduces noncommutative geometry for modeling quantum spacetime.
problem Modeling quantum spacetime.
method Operator algebras, K-theory, spectral geometry, quantum groups, and deformation quantization.
result Framework for quantum spacetime.