Twistorial topological strings and a \({tt}^*\) geometry for \(\mathcal{N} = 2\) theories in \(4d\)

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2016.V20.N2.A1zbMath1355.81120arXiv1412.4793OpenAlexW2507308028MaRDI QIDQ344404

Andrew Neitzke, Sergio Cecotti, Cumrun Vafa

Publication date: 22 November 2016

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.4793

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann-Hilbert problemsupersymmetrymatrix modelsLiouville theorytopological strings\(tt^*\) geometrytwistorial extensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Riemann-Hilbert problems in context of PDEs (35Q15)

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