Fortuity and R-charge concentration in the D1-D5 CFT

Abstract

We investigate finite-$N$ BPS cohomology in the D1--D5 CFT, focusing on the sector of fortuitous classes. Analyzing the supercharge cochain complexes in the $N=2$ and $N=3$ theories, we construct several explicit fortuitous classes. We study the decomposition of these cohomology classes into ${\rm SU}(2)_a\times {\rm SU}(2)_b$ representations and conjecture that, at fixed holomorphic weight, those transforming in the largest representation are necessarily fortuitous. Our results also provide strong evidence that the $R$-charge concentration phenomenon extends to the D1--D5 CFT.