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| author | Genolini, Pietro Benetti Murthy, Sameer |
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| contents | We study the Kontsevich-Segal-Witten criterion for allowable complex metrics, in the context of the gravitational path integral corresponding to the supersymmetric index. In various theories of supergravity in asymptotically flat and asymptotically AdS space, the exponential growth of states of the corresponding microscopic index in string theory is known to be captured by complex saddle points of this path integral. We compare the KSW criterion for these complex saddles against constraints from geometric consistency and the convergence of microscopic indices for the same saddles. In all the situations we consider, we find that the three criteria precisely agree with each other. |
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| spellingShingle | The gravitational index and allowable complex metrics Genolini, Pietro Benetti Murthy, Sameer High Energy Physics - Theory We study the Kontsevich-Segal-Witten criterion for allowable complex metrics, in the context of the gravitational path integral corresponding to the supersymmetric index. In various theories of supergravity in asymptotically flat and asymptotically AdS space, the exponential growth of states of the corresponding microscopic index in string theory is known to be captured by complex saddle points of this path integral. We compare the KSW criterion for these complex saddles against constraints from geometric consistency and the convergence of microscopic indices for the same saddles. In all the situations we consider, we find that the three criteria precisely agree with each other. |
| title | The gravitational index and allowable complex metrics |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20866 |