1992/11/16 by Michael P. Tuite, Tuite, Michael P.
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Jungian Analytical Psychology #Space exploration and regulation #Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9211069
12 pages, DIAS-STP-92-29
arxiv created 1992/11/16 · openalex publication_date 1992/11/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this talk we consider the relationship between the conjectured uniqueness of the Moonshine module of Frenkel, Lepowsky and Meurman and Monstrous Moonshine, the genus zero property for Thompson series discovered by Conway and Norton. We discuss some evidence to support the uniqueness of the Moonshine module by considering possible alternative orbifold constructions from a Leech lattice compactified string. Within these constructions we find a new relationship between the centralisers of the Monster group and the Conway group generalising an observation made by Conway and Norton. We also relate the uniqueness of the Moonshine module to Monstrous Moonshine and argue that given this uniqueness, then the genus zero properties hold if and only if orbifolding the Moonshine module with respect to a Monster element reproduces the Moonshine module or the Leech theory. (Talk presented at the Nato Advanced Research Workshop on `Low dimensional topology and quantum field theory`, Cambridge, 6-13 Sept 1992)