Generalized Mariño-Vafa formula and local Gromov-Witten theory of orbi-curves (Q2345389)

Consider the generating function of the Hodge integrals over \(\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}({\mathcal{B}G})\). The formula of Mariño and Vafa relates this generating function in the case \(G = \mathrm{Z}_a\) with the other explicitly defined generating function. This relations can be viewed as a starting point for the Gromov-Witten/Donaldson-Thomas correspondence. The author introduces and proves the generalization of the Mariño-Vafa formula for any abelian group \(G\), giving also some explicit relation of the Hodge integrals generating function to the Donaldson-Thomas quantitative data. As an application, the author establishes an explicit formula for the certain local Gromov-Witten invariants with the help of Marinño-Vafa formula.