Hodge Loci and Complex Multiplication via Generalized Symmetries in Calabi-Yau sigma models

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Main Authors: Angius, Roberta, Volpato, Roberto
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author Angius, Roberta
Volpato, Roberto
author_facet Angius, Roberta
Volpato, Roberto
contents We propose a sigma-model analogue of Hodge loci in the moduli space of geometric Calabi-Yau compactifications, characterized by the emergence of non-trivial rational Hodge endomorphisms, using generalized symmetries. In the CFT description, the complex cohomology is spanned by Ramond-Ramond ground states, the Hodge decomposition is determined by the $U(1)\times U(1)$ R-charges, and the rational structure is provided by BPS boundary states, with polarization induced by the open string Witten index. Hodge loci are identified by the existence of a non-trivial category $TDL$ of topological defects preserving the $N=(2,2)$ superconformal algebra and acting invertibly on the spectral-flow generators. At special points on these loci, the category $TDL$ exhibits additional arithmetic structure and admits embeddings of finite products of number fields with Complex Multiplication, leading to stronger constraints on the boundary states of the theory. Although the construction is general, we analyze in detail the cases of elliptic curves and $K3$ surfaces.
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spellingShingle Hodge Loci and Complex Multiplication via Generalized Symmetries in Calabi-Yau sigma models
Angius, Roberta
Volpato, Roberto
High Energy Physics - Theory
We propose a sigma-model analogue of Hodge loci in the moduli space of geometric Calabi-Yau compactifications, characterized by the emergence of non-trivial rational Hodge endomorphisms, using generalized symmetries. In the CFT description, the complex cohomology is spanned by Ramond-Ramond ground states, the Hodge decomposition is determined by the $U(1)\times U(1)$ R-charges, and the rational structure is provided by BPS boundary states, with polarization induced by the open string Witten index. Hodge loci are identified by the existence of a non-trivial category $TDL$ of topological defects preserving the $N=(2,2)$ superconformal algebra and acting invertibly on the spectral-flow generators. At special points on these loci, the category $TDL$ exhibits additional arithmetic structure and admits embeddings of finite products of number fields with Complex Multiplication, leading to stronger constraints on the boundary states of the theory. Although the construction is general, we analyze in detail the cases of elliptic curves and $K3$ surfaces.
title Hodge Loci and Complex Multiplication via Generalized Symmetries in Calabi-Yau sigma models
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30418