1. Spectrum of CHL Dyons Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Indian Strings Meeting 2006 Puri Atish Dabholkar

2. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI2 A. D., Suresh Nampuri hep-th/0603066 A. D., Davide Gaiotto hep-th/0612011 A. D., Davide Gaiotto,Suresh Nampuri hep-th/0612nnn

3. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI3 Plan Proposal for dyon degeneracies in N=4 Questions Answers Derivation

4. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI4 Motivation Exact BPS spectrum gives valuable information about the strong coupling structure of the theory. Dyons that are not weakly coupled in any frame (naively), hence more interesting. Counting of black holes including higher derivative corrections for big black holes.

5. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI5 Total rank of the four dimensional theory is 16 ( ) + 12 ( ) = 28 N=4 supersymmetry in D=4 Duality group Heterotic on T 4 £ T 2

6. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI6 CHL Orbifolds D=4 and N=4 Models with smaller rank but same susy. For example, a Z 2 orbifold by {1,  T}  flips E 8 factors so rank reduced by 8. oT is a shift along the circle, X ! X +  R so twisted states are massive. oFermions not affected so N =4 susy.

7. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI7 Why CHL Orbifolds? S-duality group is a subgroup of SL(2, Z) so counting of dyons is quite different. Wald entropy is modified in a nontrivial way and is calculable. Nontrivial but tractable generalization with interesting physical differences for the spectrum of black holes and dyons.

8. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI8 S-duality group =  1 (N) Because of the shift, there are 1/2 quantized electric charges (winding modes) This requires that c = 0 mod 2 which gives  0 (2) subgroup of SL(2, Z).

9. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI9 Spectrum of Dyons For a Z N orbifold, the dyonic degeneracies are encapsulated by a Siegel modular form of Sp(2, Z) of level N and index k as a function of period matrices  of a genus two Riemann surface..

10. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI10 Sp(2, Z) 4 £ 4 matrices g of integers that leave the symplectic form invariant: where A, B, C, D are 2£ 2 matrices.

11. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI11 Genus Two Period Matrix Like the  parameter at genus one

12. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI12 Siegel Modular Forms  k (  ) is a Siegel modular form of weight k and level N if under elements of G 0 (N).

13. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI13 Fourier Coefficients Define T-duality invariant combinations Degeneracies d(Q) of dyons are given by the Fourier coefficients of the inverse of an image of.

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15. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI15 Big Black Holes Define the discriminant which is the unique quartic invariant of SL(2) £ SO(22, 6) For positive discriminant, big black hole exists with entropy given by

16. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI16 Three Consistency Checks All d(Q) are integers. Agrees with black hole entropy including sub-leading logarithmic correction, log d(Q) = S BH d(Q) is S-duality invariant under  1 (N)

17. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI17 Questions 1) Why does genus-two Riemann surface play a role in the counting of dyons? The group Sp(2, Z) cannot fit in the physical U-duality group. Why does it appear? 2) Is there a microscopic derivation that makes modular properties manifest?

18. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI18 3) Are there restrictions on the charges for which genus two answer is valid? 4) Formula predicts states with negative discriminant. But there are no corresponding black holes. Do these states exist? Moduli dependence?

19. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI19 1) Why genus-two? Dyon partition function can be mapped by duality to genus-two partition function of the left-moving heterotic string on CHL orbifolds. Makes modular properties under subgroups of Sp(2, Z) manifest. Suggests a new derivation of the formulae.

20. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI20 2) Microscopic Derivation Required twisted determinants can be explicitly evaluated using orbifold techniques (N=1,2 or k=10, 6) to obtain

21. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI21 3) Irreducibility Criteria For electric and magnetic charges Q i e and Q i m that are SO(22, 6) vectors, define Genus-two answer is correct only if I=1. In general I+1 genus will contribute.

22. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI22 4) Negative discriminant states States with negative discriminant are realized as multi-centered configurations. In a simple example, the supergravity realization is a two centered solution with field angular momentum The degeneracy is given by (2J + 1) in agreement with microscopics.

23. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI23  k is a complicated beast Fourier representation (Maass lift) Makes integrality of d(Q) manifest Product representation (Borcherds lift) Relates to 5d elliptic genus of D1D5P Determinant representation (Genus-2) Makes the modular properties manifest.

24. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI24 String Webs Quarter BPS states of heterotic on T 4 £ T 2 is described as a string web of (p, q) strings wrapping the T 2 in Type-IIB string on K3 £ T 2 and left-moving oscillations. The strings arise from wrapping various D3, D5, NS5 branes on cycles of K3

25. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI25 String junction tension balance

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27. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI27 M-lift of String Webs

28. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI28 Genus-2 worldsheet is worldvolume of Euclidean M5 brane with various fluxes turned on wrapping K3 £ T 2. The T 2 is holomorphically embedded in T 4 by Abel map. It can carry left-moving oscillations. K3-wrapped M5-brane is the heterotic string. So genus-2 chiral partition fn of heterotic counts its left-moving BPS oscillations.

29. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI29 Genus one gives electric states Degeneracies of electric states are given by the Fourier coefficients of the genus- one partition fn. In this case the string web are just 1-dimensional strands.

30. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI30 Computation Genus-2 determinants are complicated. One needs determinants both for bosons and ghosts. But the total partition function of 26 left-moving bosons and ghosts can be deduced from modular properties.

31. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI31  10 (Igusa cusp form) is the unique weight ten cusp form of Sp(2, Z). Just as at genus one,  24 (Jacobi- Ramanujan function) is the unique weight 12 form of Sp(1, Z) » SL(2, Z). Hence the one-loop partition function is

32. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI32 Z 2 Orbifold Bosonic realization of E 8 £ E 8 string Orbifold action flips X and Y.

33. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI33 Twisted Partition Function We need to evaluate the partition function on a genus two surface with twisted boundary conditions along one cycle. Consider a genus-g surface. Choose A and B-cycles with intersections

34. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI34 Period matrix Holomorphic differentials Higher genus analog of on a torus

35. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI35 Sp(g, Z) Linear relabeling of A and B cycles that preserves the intersection numbers is an Sp(g, Z) transformation. The period matrix transforms as Analog of

36. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI36 Boson Partition Function Period matrix arise naturally in partition fn of bosons on circles or on some lattice. is the quantum fluctuation determinant.

37. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI37 Double Cover

38. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI38 Prym periods Prym differentials are differentials that are odd across the branch cut Prym periods

39. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI39 Twisted determinants We have 8 bosons that are odd. So the twisted partition function is

40. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI40 X ! –X and X ! X +  R Boson X » X + 2  R at self-radius Exploit the enhanced SU(2) symmetry (J x, J y, J z ) = (cos X, sin X,  X) X ! –X (J x, J y, J z ) ! (J x, -J y, -J z ) X! X +  R (J x, J y, J z ) ! (-J x, -J y, J z )

41. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI41 Orbifold = Circle

42. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI42 Express the twisted determinant in terms of the untwisted determinant and ratios of momentum lattice sums. Lattice sums in turn can be expressed in terms of theta functions. This allows us to express the required ratio of determinants in terms of ratio of theta functions.

43. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI43 Theta function at genus g Here are g-dimensional vectors with entries as (0, ½). Half characteristics. There are 16 such theta functions at genus 2. Characteristic even or odd if is even or odd. At genus 2, there are 10 even and 6 odd.

44. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI44 Schottky Relations

45. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI45 Multiplying the untwisted partition fn with the ratios of determinants and using some theta identities we get Almost the right answer except for the unwanted dependence on Prym

46. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI46 Odd Charges and Prym In the orbifold, there are no gauge fields that couple to the odd E 8 charges. Nevertheless, states with these charges still run across the B 1 cycle of the genus two surface in that has no branch cut. Sum over the odd charges gives a theta function over Prym that exactly cancels the unwanted Prym dependence.

47. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI47 Orbifold partition function obtained from string webs precisely matches with the proposed dyon partition function. The expression for  6 in terms of theta functions was obtained by Ibukiyama by completely different methods. Our results give an independent CFT derivation.

48. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI48 Higher genus contributions For example if then Now genus three contribution is possible. The condition gcd =1 is equivalent to the condition Q 1 and Q 5 be relatively prime.

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50. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI50 Dual graph Face goes to a point in the dual graph. Two points in the dual graph are connected by vector if they are adjacent. The vector is equal in length but perpendicular to the common edge. String junction goes to a triangle.

51. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI51 If one can insert a triangle at a string junction then the junction can open up and a higher genus web is possible. Adding a face in the web is equivalent to adding a lattice point in the dual graph. If the fundamental parellelogram has unit area then it does not contain a lattice point. is the area tensor. Unit area means gcd of all its components is one.

52. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI52 Negative discriminant states Consider a charge configuration Degeneracy d(Q) = N

53. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI53 Two centered solution One electric center with One magnetic center with Field angular momentum is N/2

54. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI54 Supergravity Analysis The relative distance between the two centers is fixed by solving Denef’s constraint. Angular momentum quantization gives (2 J +1) » N states in agreement with the microscopic prediction. Intricate moduli dependence.

55. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI55 S-duality Different expansion for different charges. Consider a function with Z 2 symmetry.

56. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI56 Conclusions Completely different derivation of the dyon partition function using M-lift of string webs that makes the modular properties manifest. Higher genus contributions are possible. Physical predictions such as negative discriminant states seem to be borne out.

57. 14 DEC 2006ISM06 PURI57 References Dijkgraaf, Verlinde, Verlinde; David, Jatkar, Sen; Kawai; Gaiotto, Strominger, Xi, Yin