Exact ∇44 couplings and helicity supertraces

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Abstract

In type II string theory compactified on a d-dimensional torus Td down to D = 10−ddimensions,the ℛ4 and ∇44 four-gravitoncouplingsareknownexactly,forall values of the moduli, in terms of certain Eisenstein series of the U-duality group Ed(ℤ). In the limit where one circle in the torus becomes large, these couplings are expected to reduce to their counterpart in dimension D +1, plus threshold effects and exponentially suppressed corrections corresponding to BPS black holes in dimension D + 1 whose worldline winds around the circle. By combining the weak coupling and large radius limits, we determine these exponentially suppressed corrections exactly, and demonstrate that the contributions of 1/4-BPS black holes to the ∇44 coupling are proportional to the appropriate helicity supertrace. Mathematically, our results provide the complete Fourier expansion of the next-to-minimal theta series of Ed + 1(ℤ) with respect to the maximal parabolic subgroup with Levi component Ed for d ≤ 6, and the complete Abelian part of the Fourier expansion of the same for d = 7.

Original languageEnglish
Article number50
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2017
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Black Holes in String Theory
  • M-Theory
  • Nonperturbative Effects
  • String Duality

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