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D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series Boris Pioline CERN & LPTHE KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 based on arxiv:1605.05945,1606.05495 with S. Alexandrov, S. Banerjee and J. Manschot Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 1 / 37

Outline 1 Physics introduction: D-instanton corrections to HM moduli spaces 2 Math introduction: indefinite theta series 3 Indefinite theta series and generalized error functions 4 Back to physics: S-duality in HM moduli space Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 2 / 37

Outline 1 Physics introduction: D-instanton corrections to HM moduli spaces 2 Math introduction: indefinite theta series 3 Indefinite theta series and generalized error functions 4 Back to physics: S-duality in HM moduli space Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 3 / 37

Physics Introduction I In type IIB string theory compactified on a CY threefold X, the moduli space decomposes into two factors: M = M V (X) M H (X) The vector-multiplet moduli space M V (X) describes the complex structure moduli of X. It carries a Kähler metric derived from the Kähler potential K V = log X Ω Ω. The hypermultiplet moduli space M H (X) describes the Kähler moduli of X, along with the string coupling g = e φ, the RR axions C H even (X, R)/H even (X, Z) and the NS axion σ R/Z. It carries a quaternion-kähler metric (which is NOT a Kähler, not even complex!). In the weak coupling limit g 0, M H (X) g 0 c-map(m V ( ˆX)) Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 4 / 37

Physics Introduction II For g finite, one expects O(e 1/g ) corrections from Euclidean D-branes, i.e. stable objects in the derived category of stable sheaves on X, weighted by the corresponding generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariants Ω(γ); as well as O(e 1/g2 ) corrections from NS five-branes, whose mathematical description is unknown. The effect of Euclidean D-branes on the QK metric on M H (X) is well understood in terms of the twistor space Z, a P 1 bundle over M H (X) equipped with a canonical complex contact structure: Alexandrov BP Saueressig Vandoren 2008; Gaiotto Moore Neitzke 2008 Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 5 / 37

Physics Introduction III An key constraint is that M H (X) should admit a smooth QK manifold with an isometric action of SL(2, Z), originating from S-duality in type IIB string theory. Equivalently, the contact structure on the twistor space must be invariant under SL(2, Z). Robles-Llana, Rocek, Saueressig, Theis, Vandoren 2006 S-duality relates D1-instantons to F1-instantons (hence DT invariants to GW invariants); D5-instanton to NS5-instantons; but maps D3-instantons to themselves. Thus it gives an important constraint on DT-invariants for pure dimension 2 sheaves supported on a divisor P X, with p = [P] H 4 (X, Z) Λ. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 6 / 37

Physics Introduction IV Indeed, these same invariants count D4-D2-D0 black hole microstates in type IIA/X, and are described by given by the (modified) elliptic genus of a suitable N = (4, 0) SCFT: Z p (τ, c) = q a Λ,q 0 Z is a Jacobi form of weight ( 3/2, 1/2). Ω(0, p a, q a, q 0 ) e 2πτ 2 Z (γ) 2πi(τ 1 q 0 +c a q a) Maldacena Strominger Witten 1997 Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 7 / 37

Physics Introduction V Invariance under spectral flow (q a, q 0 ) (q a κ abc p b ɛ c, q 0 ɛ a q a + 1 2 κ abcp a ɛ b ɛ c ) implies the theta series decomposition Z p (τ, c a ) = h p,µ (τ) θ p,µ (τ, c) µ Λ /Λ where h p,µ (τ) is a vector-valued holomorphic modular form of weight b 2 2 1, and θ p,µ (τ, c) a Siegel theta series of signature (1, b 2 1) and weight ( b 2 1 2, 1 2 ). Explicitly, Denef Moore; Gaiotto Strominger Yin; de Boer Cheng Dijkgraaf Manschot Verlinde θ p,µ (τ, c) = k Λ+µ e iπτq(k ) iπ τq(k +) where Q(k) = κ abc p a k b k c is a quadratic form of signature (1, b 2 1), k + is the projection of k along the timelike vector t R 1,b 2 1 parametrizing the Kähler cone, and k = k k +. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 8 / 37

Physics Introduction VI The indefinite theta series θ p,µ (τ, c), corresponding to the sum over fluxes on D3-brane wrapping a fixed divisor p, is intrinsically non-holomorphic. Yet, it must somehow correct the holomorphic contact structure on Z... Similarly, the sum over fluxes on a pair of two-d-branes wrapping a divisor P 1 P 2 will lead to an indefinite theta series of signature (2, 2b 2 2). Yet it must somehow correct the holomorphic contact structure on Z... In the rest of this talk, I will describe a general procedure for constructing holomorphic theta series of arbitrary signature (r, n r) and finding their modular properties. Time permitting, I will explain how to apply this procedure to show that D3-instanton corrections are consistent with S-duality. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 9 / 37

Outline 1 Physics introduction: D-instanton corrections to HM moduli spaces 2 Math introduction: indefinite theta series 3 Indefinite theta series and generalized error functions 4 Back to physics: S-duality in HM moduli space Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 10 / 37

Math Introduction I Theta series for Euclidean lattices are an important source of holomorphic modular forms: for Q(x) = B(x, x) a positive definite form on R n, Θ Q (τ, v) = k Z n q 1 2 Q(k) e 2πiB(v,k), q = e 2πiτ is a holomorphic Jacobi form of weight n/2 for a suitable congruence subgroup of SL(2, Z). Let Q(x) is a signature (r, n r) quadratic form and C an open cone in R n r,r such that x C Q(x) > 0, then Θ Q,C (τ, v) = k Z n C q 1 2 Q(k) e 2πiB(v,k) defines a holomorphic q-series, but is it modular? Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 11 / 37

Math Introduction II Such indefinite theta series occur in many branches of maths and physics: Partition functions of coset models / branching functions for affine Lie algebras: Kac Peterson 1984 Characters of superconformal field theories / super-lie algebras: Eguchi Taormina 1988, Kac Wakimoto 2000, Semikhatov Taormina Tipunin 2003 Donadson and Vafa-Witten invariants of 4-manifolds: (Zagier 1991), Vafa Witten 1994, Goettsche 1996, Goettsche-Zagier 1998,Manschot 2010 Quantum invariants of knows and 3-manifolds: Lawrence Zagier 1999, Hikami 2007, Hikami Lovejoy 2014 Combinatorics of partitions: Bringmann Ono 2005 Mirror symmetry for elliptic curves and Abelian varieties: Polischchuk 1998 Gromov-Witten invariants of Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds: Lau Zhou 2014, Bringmann Rolen Zwegers 2015 Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 12 / 37

Math Introduction III Examples of modular theta series of signature (1, 1) were studied by Kronecker and Hecke in 1925. Non-modular examples were studied by Appell (1886) and Lerch (1892): the sum can be written as a signature (1, 1) theta series, e.g. for q < y < 1, y = e 2πiv, θ 1 (τ, v) µ(τ, v) ( 1) n q 1 2 n(n+1) y n+ 1 2 1 yq n n Z = ( ) ( 1) n q 1 2 n(n+1)+mn y n+m+ 1 2 n,m 0 n<0,m 0 This Appell-Lerch sum and generalizations thereof appear in many of examples mentioned earlier. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 13 / 37

Math Introduction IV In his ground-breaking PhD thesis (2002), Zwegers showed how to correct µ(τ, v) into a non-holomorphic, real-analytic, Jacobi form of weight 1. Schematically, one replaces 1 2 [sign(m) + sign(n)] 1 [ E 1 (m ] 2τ 2 ) + sign(n) 2 in the summand, where E 1 (u) Erf(u π) is the error function. The difference is a theta series with an insertion of M 1 (m 2τ 2 ), where M 1 is the complementary error function, M 1 (u) = E 1 (u) sign(u) = sign(u)erfc( u π), which can be written as an Eichler integral of an ordinary unary theta series. From this the modular behavior of µ(τ, v) follows. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 14 / 37

Math Introduction V More generally, Zwegers showed that the modular completion of an indefinite theta series of signature (n 1, 1) of the form Θ C,C (τ, v) = 1 2 k Z n +b [signb(k, C) signb(k, C )] q 1 2 Q(k) e 2πiB(c,k 1 2 b) where C, C are a pair of vectors with Q(C), Q(C ), B(C, C ) < 0 and v = bτ c, is obtained by replacing ) signb(k, C) E 1 (B(k, C) 2τ2 Q(C) Our goal will be to generalize Zwegers construction to arbitrary signature (n r, r). Just to confuse you, I will henceforth flip the sign of Q: (n r, r) (r, n r). Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 15 / 37

Outline 1 Physics introduction: D-instanton corrections to HM moduli spaces 2 Math introduction: indefinite theta series 3 Indefinite theta series and generalized error functions 4 Back to physics: S-duality in HM moduli space Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 16 / 37

Vignéras Theorem (1977) I Let Λ R n be an n-dimensional lattice with a signature (r, n r) quadratic form Q(x) = B(x, x), such that Q(k) 2Z for k Λ. For any µ Λ /Λ, λ Z, Φ : R n C such that Φ(x)e π 2 Q(x) L 1 (R n ), ϑ µ [Φ, λ](τ, b, c) = τ λ/2 2 k Λ+µ+b satisfies the quasi-periodicity conditions Φ( 2τ 2 k) q 1 2 Q(k) e 2πiB(c,k 1 2 b) ϑ µ [Φ, λ] (τ, b, c) =e iπb(c,k) ϑ µ [Φ, λ] (τ, b + k, c) =e iπb(b,k) ϑ µ [Φ, λ] (τ, b, c + k) =e iπq(µ) ϑ µ [Φ, λ] (τ + 1, b, c + b) Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 17 / 37

Vignéras Theorem (1977) II If in addition Φ satisfies [B 1 ( x, x ) + 2πx x ] Φ(x) = 2πλ Φ(x), R(x)Φ(x)e π 2 Q(x) L 2 (R n ) L 1 (R n ) R( )Φ(x)e π 2 Q(x) L 2 (R n ) L 1 (R n ) for any quadratic polynomial R, then ϑ µ [Φ, λ](τ, b, c) transforms as a vector-valued Jacobi form of weight (λ + n 2, 0). Namely, ϑ µ [Φ, λ] ( 1 τ, c, b) = n ( iτ)λ+ 2 Λ e 2πiB(µ,ν) ϑ /Λ ν [Φ, λ] (τ, b, c) ν Λ /Λ Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 18 / 37

Vignéras Theorem (1977) III Remark 1: The transformations are those of a Jacobi theta series with v = 0 and characteristics (b, c) and c Λ R. To obtain the usual Jacobi form, set ϑ µ (τ, b, c) = e iπb(b,bτ c) ϑµ (τ, v = bτ c). Remark 2: Under the Maass raising and lowering operators, τ2 2 [ τ ϑ µ [Φ, λ] = ϑ i µ 4 (x xφ λφ), λ 2 ], ( τ i(λ+ n ) [ 2 ) 2τ 2 ϑ µ [Φ, λ] = ϑ µ i 4 (x xφ + [λ + n + 2πQ(x)]Φ), λ + 2 ]. We call τ 2 2 τ and x x λ the shadow operators. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 19 / 37

Vignéras Theorem (1977) IV Remark 3: For any r-dimensional time-like plane P R n and x R n, let x = x + + x with x + P, x P. The function Φ(x) = e πq(x+) satisfies the assumptions of the theorem with λ = r, and leads to the usual Siegel-Narain theta series, also known as Narain lattice partition function Γ r,n r. Remark 4: In order to get a holomorphic theta series, one needs x x Φ = λφ, but a homogeneous polynomial of degree λ will not satisfy the assumptions of the theorem. Thus, there is a clear tension between holomorphy and modularity. To achieve mock modularity, we shall take Φ to be locally a polynomial of degree λ. For simplicity, take a locally constant homogeneous function (λ = 0). Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 20 / 37

Indefinite theta series of Lorentzian signature I Let Q(x) a signature (1, n 1) quadratic form, and C, C linearly independent vectors with Q(C) = Q(C ) = 1, B(C, C ) > 0, Φ 1 (x) = 1 2 (sign[b(c, x)] sign[b(c, x)]), Φ 1 (x) = 1 2 (E 1[B(C, x)] E 1 [B(C, x)]) Ψ 1 (x) = i 4 (B(C, x)e π[b(c,x)]2 B(C, x)e π[b(c,x)] 2 ) 1 Θ µ [Φ 1, 0], Θ µ [ Φ 1, 0], Θ µ [ Φ 1, 0] are all convergent; 2 Θ µ [ Φ 1, 0] is real-analytic vector-valued Jacobi form of weight n/2; 3 Θ µ [Φ 1, 0] is a holomorphic in τ and in z, but not modular; 4 Their difference is proportional to the Eichler integral of Ψ 1, τ d Θ µ [ Φ 1 Φ 1, 0] (τ, b, c) = 4 Θ (τ w) i 2 µ [Ψ 1, 2] (τ, w, b, c). Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 21 / 37

Indefinite theta series of Lorentzian signature II Sketch of proof: 1 sign[b(c, x)] = sign[b[(c, x)] unless Q(x) < 0; 2 Φ 1 (x) is locally constant so Θ µ [Φ 1, 0] is holomorphic; 3 E 1 (u) satisfies the 1D Vignéras equation, ( ) ( 2 u + 2πu u )E 1 (u) = 0 - - - - so Φ 1 satisfies the assumptions of Vigneras theorem; 4 Ψ 1 is proportional to the shadow of Φ 1. Remark: In the limit where C becomes null, then E 1 [B(C, x)] sign[b(c, x)]. If both C and C are null and B(C, C ) > 0, then Θ µ [Φ 1 ] is a holomorphic vector-valued Jacobi form of weight n/2. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 22 / 37

Indefinite theta series of Lorentzian signature III To prepare the ground for higher signature case, note the following integral representations: ( ) E 1 (u) = R du sign(u ) e π(u u ) 2 - - - - ( ) M 1 (u) = i π R iu dz z e πz2 2πizu - - - - which make it clear that M 1, E 1 are solutions to 1D Vignéras equation, [ u 2 + 2πu u ]M 1 = i dz π R iu z 2πz z[e πz2 2πizu ] = 0 [ u 2 + 2πu u ]E 1 = du sign(u ) [ u u + 2πu u] e π(u u ) 2 = 0 R Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 23 / 37

Indefinite theta series of Lorentzian signature IV Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 24 / 37

Indefinite theta series of signature (r, n r) I In signature (r, n r), consider the locally constant function Φ r (x) = 1 2 r r ( sign[b(ci, x)] sign[b(c i, x)]) i=1 where C i, C i are chosen such that Q(x) < 0 whenever Φ r (x) 0. To find its modular completion, we need a C solution Φ r of Vignéras equation which asymptotes to Φ r as x. For r = 2, Alexandrov Banerjee Manschot BP (2016) found sufficient conditions for the convergence of ϑ[φ r, 0]. Kudla (2016) gave weaker conditions which work for arbitrary r. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 25 / 37

Indefinite theta series of signature (r, n r) II To state Kudla s conditions, note that the space D of positive oriented r planes in R r,n r has two disconnected components D ±. For any I {1,... r}, let C I = (C 1,... C r ) where C i = C i if i I, and C i = C i if i / I. Theorem (Kudla 2016): Assume that all such collections C I span distinct positive oriented r planes in the same component, say D ±. Then ϑ[φ r, 0] is absolutely convergent. For r = 2, this reduces to Q(C 1 ), Q(C 1 ), Q(C 2), Q(C 2 ) > 0 12, 12, 1 2, 1 2 > 0 B(C 1 2, C 1 2), B(C 1 2, C 1 2 ) > 0 B(C 2 1, C 2 1), B(C 2 1, C 2 1 ) > 0 where 12 = Q(C 1 )Q(C 2 ) B(C 1, C 2 ) 2, C 1 2 = C 1 B(C 1,C 2 ) Q(C 2 ) C 2, etc Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 26 / 37

Indefinite theta series of signature (r, n r) III To construct Φ r, consider the natural generalizations of the error functions M 1 (u) and E 1 (u), E r ({C i }; x) = C 1,...,C r d r y r signb(c i, y) e πq(y x+), M r ({C i }; x) = ( ) i r π d r ({Ci }) e z πq(z) 2πiB(z,x) r C 1,...,C r ix i=1 B(C i,z) where d r y is the uniform measure on the plane C 1,..., C r, normalized such that C 1,...,C r dr y e πq(y) = 1, and x + is the orthogonal projection of x on the same plane. i=1 Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 27 / 37

Indefinite theta series of signature (r, n r) IV Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 28 / 37

Indefinite theta series of signature (r, n r) V Proposition: (ABMP 2016; Nazaroglu 2016) Prop: E r ({C i }; x) is a C solution of Vignéras equation with λ = 0, which asymptotes to r i=1 signb(c i, x) as x. M r ({C i }; x) is a C solution of Vignéras equation with λ = 0, away from the walls B(C i, x) = 0, exponentially suppressed in all directions The difference E r ({C i }) r i=1 signb(c i, x) is a linear combination of M r functions with 1 r r, with locally constant coefficients. The shadow of E r ({C i }) is a linear combination of E r functions with 0 r < r, with Gaussian coefficients. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 29 / 37

Indefinite theta series of signature (r, n r) VI Theorem: The modular completion of ϑ[φ r, 0] is the non-holomorphic theta series ϑ[ Φ r, 0] with kernel Φ r (x) = 1 2 r I {1,...r} ( 1) r I E r (C I ; x) Its shadow Ψ r is a linear combination of indefinite theta series of signature (r 1, n r + 1). The difference ϑ[ Φ r Φ r, 0] is an Eichler integral of Ψ r, giving access to the modular properties of the holomorphic theta series ϑ[φ r, 0]. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 30 / 37

Other approaches to indefinite theta series I An alternative approach to indefinite theta series was developped in the 80s by Kudla and Millson, who constructed a closed (r, r)-form θr KM (z, τ) on D H, which is invariant under a (finite index subgroup) of Aut(Λ) and has modular weight n/2 in τ. Kudla (2016) proposes (and shows for r = 1 and r = 2) that ϑ[ Φ r, 0] θr KM (z, τ) where S is a geodesic hypercube in D +, parametrized by φ : [0, 1] r S D, [s 1,..., s r ] B 1 (s 1 ),... B r (s r ) where B i (s i ) = (1 s i )C i + s i C i. S Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 31 / 37

Other approaches to indefinite theta series II The shadow is proportional to the integral of θr 1 KM (z, τ) on the faces of the cube, hence a linear combination of indefinite theta series of signature (r 1, n r + 1). Any compact geodesic polyhedron S in D + similarly leads to a non-holomorphic theta series, which is the modular completion of a holomorphic indefinite theta series. Any such S can be decomposed as a sum of geodesic simplexes. Each term corresponds to a theta series Θ Q,C where C is a tetrahedral cone. Westerholt-Raum Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 32 / 37

Outline 1 Physics introduction: D-instanton corrections to HM moduli spaces 2 Math introduction: indefinite theta series 3 Indefinite theta series and generalized error functions 4 Back to physics: S-duality in HM moduli space Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 33 / 37

S-duality in HM moduli space I A canonical system of Darboux coordinates Ξ on Z is obtained by solving the integral equations Ξ = Ξ sf + 1 8π 2 γ Ω(γ, z a ) γ dt lγ t + t [ ] t t t log 1 e 2πi Ξ(t ),γ, where Ξ sf are the semi-flat coordinates and l(γ) = {t : Z (γ, z a )/t ir + } are the BPS rays and Ω(γ, z a ) the generalized DT-invariants. Using the wall-crossing formula, DT invariants can be expressed in terms of MSW invariants, defined as the DT invariants in the large volume attractor chamber : Ω MSW (p a, q a, q 0 ) = ( lim Ω 0, p a, q a, q 0 ; κ ab q b + iλ p a) λ + Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 34 / 37

S-duality in HM moduli space II Solving the integral system iteratively and expressing Ω in terms of Ω MSW leads to an infinite multi-instanton sum. In the large volume limit, zooming near t = 0, one finds that at one-instanton order, the Darboux coordinates Ξ can be expressed in terms of contour integrals of the form J p (t) = q Λ q 0 Z R dt t t ΩMSW (γ)e 2πi Ξ sf(t ),γ, Using spectral flow invariance of Ω MSW (γ), and restricting to t = 0 for simplicity, this can be rewritten as J p (0) = M 1 (k + τ2 ) q 1 2 (k,k) h p,µ µ Λ /Λ k Λ+µ Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 35 / 37

S-duality in HM moduli space III The series k M 1(k + τ2 ) q 1 2 (k,k) is an Eichler integral of the Gaussian theta series k k +e πτ 2k+ 2 1 q 2 (k,k), therefore it transforms non-homogeneously under SL(2, Z). However, since it appears in the modular completion of the Zwegers-type indefinite theta series k [sign(k +) sign(k +)]q 1 2 (k,k) (where k + = k a t a with Q(t ) = 0), its modular anomaly is holomorphic, and therefore Ξ transforms by a holomorphic contact transformation! This shows that at one-instanton level, D3-instanton corrections are consistent with S-duality, provided the generating function h p,µ of MSW invariants is a vector-valued modular form of fixed weight and multiplier system, as predicted by MSW. Alexandrov Manschot BP, 2012 Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 36 / 37

S-duality in HM moduli space IV At two-instanton level, one has to deal with indefinite theta series of signature (2, 2b 2 2), corresponding to sums over fluxes on pairs of D3-branes wrapped on a divisor P = P 1 + P 2. After a lot of work, one finds that D3-instanton corrections are consistent with S-duality, provided h p,µ is a vector-valued mock modular form of fixed weight, multiplier system and shadow. More precisely, ĥp,µ h p,µ R p,µ is a vector-valued modular form of weight b 2 2 1, where R p,µ is a non-holomorphic function of τ constructed from h p1,µ 1, h p2,µ 2. Alexandrov Banerjee Manschot BP, 2016 Such mock modularity is known to appear in the context of rank 2 sheaves on complex surfaces, here we see it arise more generally in the context of DT invariants of pure dimension 2 sheaves on Calabi-Yau threefolds. Boris Pioline (CERN & LPTHE) D-instantons and Indefinite Theta series KIPMU, Oct 21, 2016 37 / 37