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We construct a covariant generating function for the spectrum of chiral primaries of symmetric orbifold conformal field theories with N = (4, 4) supersymmetry in two dimensions. For seed target spaces K3 and T 4, the generating functions capture the SO(21) and SO(5) representation theoretic content of the chiral ring respectively. Via string dualities, we relate the transformation properties of the chiral ring under these isometries of the moduli space to the Lorentz covariance of perturbative string partition functions in flat space.
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ArXiv ePrint: 1512.03649
Unité Mixte du CNRS et de l’ École Normale Supérieure associée à l’université Pierre et Marie Curie 6, UMR 8549.
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Bourget, A., Troost, J. The covariant chiral ring. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 163 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)163
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