The toroidal block and the genus expansion

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2013)133zbMath1342.81441arXiv1212.0722MaRDI QIDQ302848

Amir-Kian Kashani-Poor, Jan Troost

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0722

zbMATH Keywords

topological stringsconformal and W symmetryconformal field models in string theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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