Beta-gamma system, pure spinors and Hilbert series of arc spaces

Abstract

Algorithms are presented for calculating the partition function of constrained beta-gamma systems in terms of the generating functions of the individual fields of the theory, the latter obtained as the Hilbert series of the arc space of the algebraic variety defined by the constraint. Examples of a beta-gamma system on a complex surface with an $A_1$ singularity and pure spinors are worked out and compared with existing results.Comment: 19 pages; sections 2.2, 4.2 and 5, revised for clarity; Macaulay2 code for pure spinors added in appendix A; acknowledgments added; version to appear in JHE