Degeneracy conjecture for string, particle and membrane U-duality Eisenstein series

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Let d>2d>2, let Ed+1(d+1)(Z)E_{d+1(d+1)}(\mathbb{Z}) be the U-duality group, and let Estring;3/2\mathcal{E}_{\mathrm{string};3/2}, Eparticle;d/2−1\mathcal{E}_{\mathrm{particle};d/2-1}, and Emembrane;1\mathcal{E}_{\mathrm{membrane};1} denote its Eisenstein series in the indicated multiplet representations and orders. String–particle–membrane degeneracy conjecture. These series are equal up to the displayed normalization:

Vd+1lM9Estring;3/2=Γ(d/2−1)πd/2−2Eparticle;d/2−1=Vd+1lM9Emembrane;1.\frac{V_{d+1}}{l_M^9}\mathcal{E}_{\mathrm{string};3/2}=\frac{\Gamma(d/2-1)}{\pi^{d/2-2}}\mathcal{E}_{\mathrm{particle};d/2-1}=\frac{V_{d+1}}{l_M^9}\mathcal{E}_{\mathrm{membrane};1}.

The three series have the same Laplace eigenvalue, motivating the conjecture, but the source gives no proof of equality.

References

Primary source

N. A. Obers and B. Pioline, “Eisenstein Series and String Thresholds”, arXiv:hep-th/9903113 (2010).

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