Global anomaly and a family of structures on fold product of complex two-cycles

We propose a new set of IIB type and eleven-dimensional supergravity solutions which consists of the $n$-fold product of two-spaces ${\bf H}^n/\Gamma$ (where ${\bf H}^n$ denotes the product of $n$ upper half-planes $H^2$ equipped with the co-compact action of $\Gamma \subset SL(2, {\mathbb R})^n$) and $({\bf H}^n)^*/\Gamma$ (where $(H^2)^* = H^2\cup \{{\rm cusp of} \Gamma\}$ and $\Gamma$ is a congruence subgroup of $SL(2, {\mathbb R})^n$). The Freed-Witten global anomaly condition have been analyzed. We argue that the torsion part of the cuspidal cohomology involves in the global anomaly condition. Infinitisimal deformations of generalized complex (and K\"ahler) structures also has been analyzed and stability theorem in the case of a discrete subgroup of $SL(2, {\mathbb R})^n$ with the compact quotient ${\bf H}^n/\Gamma$ was verified.Comment: 7 pages, no figures. To appear in the Proceedings of XXVIII Workshop on Geometrical Methods in Physics, Bialowieza (Poland), 28.06 - 04.07.200

BRST-Invariant Deformations of Geometric Structures in Sigma Models

We study a Lie algebra of formal vector fields $W_n$ with its application to the perturbative deformed holomorphic symplectic structure in the A-model, and a Calabi-Yau manifold with boundaries in the B-model. We show that equivalent classes of deformations are describing by a Hochschild cohomology theory of the DG-algebra ${\mathfrak A} = (A, Q)$, $Q =\bar{\partial}+\partial_{\rm deform}$, which is defined to be the cohomology of $(-1)^n Q +d_{\rm Hoch}$. Here $\bar{\partial}$ is the initial non-deformed BRST operator while $\partial_{\rm deform}$ is the deformed part whose algebra is a Lie algebra of linear vector fields ${\rm gl}_n$. We show that equivalent classes of deformations are described by a Hochschild cohomology of ${\mathfrak A}$, an important geometric invariant of the (anti)holomorphic structure on $X$. We discuss the identification of the harmonic structure $(HT^\bullet(X); H\Omega_\bullet(X))$ of affine space $X$ and the group {\rm Ext}_{X^{2}}^n({\cO}_{\triangle}, {\cO}_{\triangle}) (the HKR isomorphism), and bulk-boundary deformation pairing.Comment: 13 pages, no figure

Thermodynamics of Abelian Gauge Fields in Real Hyperbolic Spaces

We work with $N-$dimensional compact real hyperbolic space $X_{\Gamma}$ with universal covering $M$ and fundamental group $\Gamma$. Therefore, $M$ is the symmetric space $G/K$, where $G=SO_1(N,1)$ and $K=SO(N)$ is a maximal compact subgroup of $G$. We regard $\Gamma$ as a discrete subgroup of $G$ acting isometrically on $M$, and we take $X_{\Gamma}$ to be the quotient space by that action: $X_{\Gamma}=\Gamma\backslash M = \Gamma\backslash G/K$. The natural Riemannian structure on $M$ (therefore on $X$) induced by the Killing form of $G$ gives rise to a connection $p-$form Laplacian ${\frak L}_p$ on the quotient vector bundle (associated with an irreducible representation of K). We study gauge theories based on abelian $p-$forms on the real compact hyperbolic manifold $X_{\Gamma}$. The spectral zeta function related to the operator ${\frak L}_p$, considering only the co-exact part of the $p-$forms and corresponding to the physical degrees of freedom, can be represented by the inverse Mellin transform of the heat kernel. The explicit thermodynamic fuctions related to skew-symmetric tensor fields are obtained by using the zeta-function regularization and the trace tensor kernel formula (which includes the identity and hyperbolic orbital integrals). Thermodynamic quantities in the high and low temperature expansions are calculated and new entropy/energy ratios established.Comment: Six pages, Revtex4 style, no figures; small typo correcte

Hyperbolic Topological Invariants and the Black Hole Geometry

We discuss the isometry group structure of three-dimensional black holes and Chern-Simons invariants. Aspects of the holographic principle relevant to black hole geometry are analyzed.Comment: 11 pages, AMSTeX, Contribution to the Fifth Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmolog

Orbifold Compactification and Solutions of M--Theory from Milne Spaces

In this paper, we consider solutions and spectral functions of M-theory from Milne spaces with extra free dimensions. Conformal deformations to the metric associated with the real hyperbolic space forms are derived. For the three-dimensional case, the orbifold identifications $SL(2,{\mathbb Z}+i{\mathbb Z})/\{\pm Id\}$, where $Id$ is the identity matrix, is analyzed in detail. The spectrum of a eleven-dimensional field theory can be obtained with the help of the theory of harmonic functions in the fundamental domain of this group and it is associated with the cusp forms and the Eisenstein series. The supersymmetry surviving for supergravity solutions involving real hyperbolic space factors is briefly discussed.Comment: 14 pages, no figures. To appear in The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Field

Quantum State Density and Critical Temperature in M-theory

We discuss the asymptotic properties of quantum states density for fundamental $p-$branes which can yield a microscopic interpretation of the thermodynamic quantities in M-theory. The matching of BPS part of spectrum for superstring and supermembrane gives the possibility of getting membrane's results via string calculations. In the weak coupling limit of M-theory the critical behavior coincides with the first order phase transition in standard string theory at temperature less than the Hagedorn's temperature $T_H$. The critical temperature at large coupling constant is computed by considering M-theory on manifold with topology ${\mathbb R}^9\otimes{mathbb T}^2$. Alternatively we argue that any finite temperature can be introduced in the framework of membrane thermodynamics.Comment: 16 pages, published in Mod. Phys. Lett. A16(2001)224

Quantum States, Thermodynamic Limits and Entropy in M-Theory

We discuss the matching of the BPS part of the spectrum for (super)membrane, which gives the possibility of getting membrane's results via string calculations. In the small coupling limit of M--theory the entropy of the system coincides with the standard entropy of type IIB string theory (including the logarithmic correction term). The thermodynamic behavior at large coupling constant is computed by considering M--theory on a manifold with topology ${\mathbb T}^2\times{\mathbb R}^9$. We argue that the finite temperature partition functions (brane Laurent series for $p \neq 1$) associated with BPS $p-$brane spectrum can be analytically continued to well--defined functionals. It means that a finite temperature can be introduced in brane theory, which behaves like finite temperature field theory. In the limit $p \to 0$ (point particle limit) it gives rise to the standard behavior of thermodynamic quantities.Comment: 7 pages, no figures, Revtex style. To be published in the Physical Review

Statistical entropy of near-extremal and fundamental black p-branes

The problem of asymptotic density of quantum states of fundamental extended objects is revised in detail. We argue that in the near-extremal regime the fundamental $p$-brane approach can yield a microscopic interpretation of the black hole entropy. The asymptotic behavior of partition functions, associated with the $p$-branes, and the near-extremal entropy of five-dimensional black holes are explicitly calculated.Comment: 15 pages, LateX file.Minor changes,refs added, version to appear in Progr.Theor.Phy