A non-commuting twist in the partition function

Details A non-commuting twist in the partition function A non-commuting twist in the partition function

2012-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/1201.1628v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

22 pages, LaTeX

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We compute a twisted index for an orbifold theory when the twist generating group does not commute with the orbifold group. The twisted index requires the theory to be defined on moduli spaces that are compatible with the twist. This is carried out for CHL models at special points in the moduli space where they admit dihedral symmetries. The commutator subgroup of the dihedral groups are cyclic groups that are used to construct the CHL orbifolds. The residual reflection symmetry is chosen to act as a `twist' on the partition function. The reflection symmetries do not commute with the orbifolding group and hence we refer to this as a non-commuting twist. We count the degeneracy of half-BPS states using the twisted partition function and find that the contribution comes mainly from the untwisted sector. We show that the generating function for these twisted BPS states are related to the Mathieu group M_{24}.

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