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arxiv: 1204.3043 · v2 · pith:QTFK7CXEnew · submitted 2012-04-13 · ✦ hep-th · math.NT

Eisenstein series for infinite-dimensional U-duality groups

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keywords serieseisensteingroupscorrectionsstringappearingconstantfinite
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We consider Eisenstein series appearing as coefficients of curvature corrections in the low-energy expansion of type II string theory four-graviton scattering amplitudes. We define these Eisenstein series over all groups in the E_n series of string duality groups, and in particular for the infinite-dimensional Kac-Moody groups E9, E10 and E11. We show that, remarkably, the so-called constant term of Kac-Moody-Eisenstein series contains only a finite number of terms for particular choices of a parameter appearing in the definition of the series. This resonates with the idea that the constant term of the Eisenstein series encodes perturbative string corrections in BPS-protected sectors allowing only a finite number of corrections. We underpin our findings with an extensive discussion of physical degeneration limits in D<3 space-time dimensions.

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