Partition functions for BPS states of the noncritical E(8) string

Jul, 1997
16 pages
Published in:
  • Adv.Theor.Math.Phys. 1 (1998) 167-183
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Report number:
  • USC-97-009,
  • NSF-ITP-97-091

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Abstract:
We consider the BPS states of the E8E_8 non-critical string wound around one of the circles of a toroidal compactification to four dimensions. These states are indexed by their momenta and winding numbers. We find explicit expressions, GnG_n, for the momentum partition functions for the states with winding number nn. The GnG_n are given in terms of modular forms. We give a simple algorithm for generating the GnG_n, and we show that they satisfy a recurrence relation that is reminiscent of the holomorphic anomaly equations of Kodaira-Spencer theory.
  • string model
  • supersymmetry
  • gauge field theory: E(8)
  • soliton
  • partition function
  • compactification: torus
  • phase space
  • analytic properties
  • anomaly