Non-perturbative Nekrasov partition function from string theory

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.01.006zbMath1284.81223arXiv1309.6688OpenAlexW2139129129MaRDI QIDQ2441689

Ahmad Zein Assi, Ioannis Florakis, Ignatios Antoniadis, Kumar S. Narain, Stefan Hohenegger

Publication date: 27 March 2014

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.6688

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21)

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