Compactifications of moduli spaces inspired by mirror symmetry

dc.creatorMorrison, David R.
dc.date1993-04-23
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dc.descriptionWe study moduli spaces of nonlinear sigma-models on Calabi-Yau manifolds, using the one-loop semiclassical approximation. The data being parameterized includes a choice of complex structure on the manifold, as well as some ``extra structure'' described by means of classes in H^2. The expectation that this moduli space is well-behaved in these ``extra structure'' directions leads us to formulate a simple and compelling conjecture about the action of the automorphism group on the Kähler cone. If true, it allows one to apply Looijenga's ``semi-toric'' technique to construct a partial compactification of the moduli space. We explore the implications which this construction has concerning the properties of the moduli space of complex structures on a ``mirror partner'' of the original Calabi-Yau manifold. We also discuss how a similarity which might have been noticed between certain work of Mumford and of Mori from the 1970's produces (with hindsight) evidence for mirror symmetry which was available in 1979. [The author is willing to mail hardcopy preprints upon request.]
dc.description25 pp., LaTeX 2.09 with AmS-Fonts
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9304007
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9304007
dc.identifierJournées de Géométrie Algébrique d'Orsay (Juillet 1992), Astérisque, vol. 218, 1993, pp. 243-271
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/149807
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleCompactifications of moduli spaces inspired by mirror symmetry
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