Remarks on Mod-2 Elliptic Genus

Abstract For physicists: For supersymmetric quantum mechanics, there are cases when a mod-2 Witten index can be defined, even when a more ordinary $$\mathbb {Z}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> </mml:math> -valued Witten index vanishes. Similarly, for 2d supersymmetric quantum field theories, there are cases when a mod-2 elliptic genus can be defined, even when a more ordinary elliptic genus vanishes. We study such mod-2 elliptic genera in the context of $$\mathcal {N}{=}(0,1)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> supersymmetry, and show that they are characterized by mod-2 reductions of integral modular forms, under some assumptions. For mathematicians: We study the image of the standard homomorphism $$\begin{aligned} \pi _n\textrm{TMF}\rightarrow \pi _n\textrm{KO}((q))\simeq \mathbb {Z}/2((q)) \end{aligned}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtable> <mml:mtr> <mml:mtd> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext>TMF</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext>KO</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>≃</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:mtd> </mml:mtr> </mml:mtable> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> for $$n=8k+1$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>8</mml:mn> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> or $$8k+2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>8</mml:mn> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , by relating them to the mod-2 reductions of integral modular forms.

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Communications in Mathematical Physics
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2024-12-18
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-024-05202-4
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Remarks on Mod-2 Elliptic Genus

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Remarks on Mod-2 Elliptic Genus

Mayuko Yamashita, Kazuya Yonekura, Yuji Tachikawa
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Abstract For physicists: For supersymmetric quantum mechanics, there are cases when a mod-2 Witten index can be defined, even when a more ordinary $$\mathbb {Z}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> </mml:math> -valued Witten index vanishes. Similarly, for 2d supersymmetric quantum field theories, there are cases when a mod-2 elliptic genus can be defined, even when a more ordinary elliptic genus vanishes. We study such mod-2 elliptic genera in the context of $$\mathcal {N}{=}(0,1)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> supersymmetry, and show that they are characterized by mod-2 reductions of integral modular forms, under some assumptions. For mathematicians: We study the image of the standard homomorphism $$\begin{aligned} \pi _n\textrm{TMF}\rightarrow \pi _n\textrm{KO}((q))\simeq \mathbb {Z}/2((q)) \end{aligned}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtable> <mml:mtr> <mml:mtd> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext>TMF</mml:mtext> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext>KO</mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>≃</mml:mo> <mml:mi>Z</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:mtd> </mml:mtr> </mml:mtable> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> for $$n=8k+1$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>8</mml:mn> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> or $$8k+2$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>8</mml:mn> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , by relating them to the mod-2 reductions of integral modular forms.

Communications in Mathematical PhysicsVol. 406(1)
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (JP), Tohoku University (JP), Kyoto University (JP), The University of Tokyo (JP)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
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