Characterizing 4-string contact interaction using machine learning

Nov 16, 2022
38 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 04 (2024) 016
  • Published: Apr 3, 2024
e-Print:
Report number:
  • MIT-CTP/5494

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Abstract: (Springer)
The geometry of 4-string contact interaction of closed string field theory is characterized using machine learning. We obtain Strebel quadratic differentials on 4-punctured spheres as a neural network by performing unsupervised learning with a custom-built loss function. This allows us to solve for local coordinates and compute their associated mapping radii numerically. We also train a neural network distinguishing vertex from Feynman region. As a check, 4-tachyon contact term in the tachyon potential is computed and a good agreement with the results in the literature is observed. We argue that our algorithm is manifestly independent of number of punctures and scaling it to characterize the geometry of n-string contact interaction is feasible.
Note:
  • 28+10 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables
  • String Field Theory
  • Differential and Algebraic Geometry
  • Bosonic Strings
  • field theory: string
  • string: closed
  • tachyon: potential
  • contact interaction
  • geometry
  • machine learning
  • neural network