Non-perturbative topological strings and conformal blocks

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2011)022zbMath1301.81195arXiv1010.4573WikidataQ59270131 ScholiaQ59270131MaRDI QIDQ480607

Cumrun Vafa, Miranda C. N. Cheng, Robbert Dijkgraaf

Publication date: 8 December 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4573

zbMATH Keywords

matrix modelsduality in gauge field theoriestopological strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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