Finiteness and the Emergence of Dualities

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Main Authors: Delgado, Matilda, van de Heisteeg, Damian, Raman, Sanjay, Torres, Ethan, Vafa, Cumrun, Xu, Kai
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Published: 2024
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author Delgado, Matilda
van de Heisteeg, Damian
Raman, Sanjay
Torres, Ethan
Vafa, Cumrun
Xu, Kai
author_facet Delgado, Matilda
van de Heisteeg, Damian
Raman, Sanjay
Torres, Ethan
Vafa, Cumrun
Xu, Kai
contents We argue that the finiteness of quantum gravity amplitudes in fully compactified theories (at least in supersymmetric cases) leads to a bottom-up prediction for the existence of non-trivial dualities. In particular, finiteness requires the moduli space of massless fields to be compactifiable, meaning that its volume must be finite or at least grow no faster than that of Euclidean space. Moreover, we relate the compactifiability of moduli spaces to the condition that the lattice of charged objects transform in a semisimple representation under the action of the duality group. These ideas are supported by a wide variety of string theory examples.
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spellingShingle Finiteness and the Emergence of Dualities
Delgado, Matilda
van de Heisteeg, Damian
Raman, Sanjay
Torres, Ethan
Vafa, Cumrun
Xu, Kai
High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Differential Geometry
We argue that the finiteness of quantum gravity amplitudes in fully compactified theories (at least in supersymmetric cases) leads to a bottom-up prediction for the existence of non-trivial dualities. In particular, finiteness requires the moduli space of massless fields to be compactifiable, meaning that its volume must be finite or at least grow no faster than that of Euclidean space. Moreover, we relate the compactifiability of moduli spaces to the condition that the lattice of charged objects transform in a semisimple representation under the action of the duality group. These ideas are supported by a wide variety of string theory examples.
title Finiteness and the Emergence of Dualities
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.03640