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Elliptic genera and real Jacobi forms

Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: We construct real Jacobi forms with matrix index using path integrals. The path integral expressions represent elliptic genera of two-dimensional $ \mathcal{N} $ = (2, 2) supersymmetric theories. They arise in a family labeled by two integers N and k which determine the central charge of the infrared fixed point through the formula c = 3N (1 + 2N/k). We decompose the real Jacobi form into a mock modular form and a term arising from the continuous spectrum of the conformal field theory. For a given N and k we argue that the Jacobi form represents the elliptic genus of a theory defined on a 2N dimensional linear dilaton background with U(N) isometry, an asymptotic circle of radius $ \sqrt{{k\alpha \prime }} $ and linear dilaton slope $ N\sqrt{{{2 \left/ {k} \right.}}} $ . We also present formulas for the elliptic genera of their orbifolds.
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2004850021
FWCI: 1.17
Cites: 39
Cited by: 16
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