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Two string theory flavours of generalised Eisenstein series

Dorigoni, Daniele; Treilis, Rudolfs

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Generalised Eisenstein series are non-holomorphic modular invariant functions of a complex variable, τ, subject to a particular inhomogeneous Laplace eigenvalue equation on the hyperbolic upper-half τ-plane. Two infinite classes of such functions arise quite naturally within different string theory contexts. A first class can be found by studying the coefficients of the effective action for the low-energy expansion of type IIB superstring theory, and relatedly in the analysis of certain integrated four-point functions of stress tensor multiplet operators in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. A second class of such objects is known to contain all two-loop modular graph functions, which are fundamental building blocks in the low-energy expansion of closed-string scattering amplitudes at genus one. In this work, we present a Poincaré series approach that unifies both classes of generalised Eisenstein series and manifests certain algebraic and differential relations amongst them. We then combine this technique with spectral methods for automorphic forms to find general and non-perturbative expansions at the cusp τ → i∞. Finally, we find intriguing connections between the asymptotic expansion of these modular functions as τ → 0 and the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function.

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Dorigoni, D., & Treilis, R. (2023). Two string theory flavours of generalised Eisenstein series. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(11), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282023%29102

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 31, 2023
Online Publication Date Nov 17, 2023
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date Jan 9, 2024
Publicly Available Date Jan 9, 2024
Journal Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN 1126-6708
Electronic ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2023
Issue 11
Article Number 102
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282023%29102
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1949279

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