Comments on the little string partition functions of $K3\times T^2$ via the refined topological vertex

Abstract

We compute partition functions of the deformed multiple M5-branes theory on $K3\times T^2$ using the refined topological vertex formalism and the Borcherds lift. The deformation is related to the mass deformation in the corresponding four dimensional $N=4$ $SU(N)$ gauge theory on $K3$. The seed of the Borcherd-lift is calculated by taking the universal part of the type IIb little string free energy of the CY3-fold $X_{N,1}$. We provide explicit modular covariant expressions, as expansions in the mass parameter $m$, of the genus two Siegel modular forms produced by the Borcherds lift of the first few seed functions. We also discuss the relation between genus-one free energy and Ray-Singer Torsion, and the automorphic properties of the latter.

20 pages+appendices, one figure