Localization with a surface operator, irregular conformal blocks and open topological string

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2012.v16.n3.a1zbMath1273.81178arXiv1008.0574MaRDI QIDQ1951042

Hiroaki Kanno, Masahide Manabe, Hidetoshi Awata, Hiroyuki Fuji, Yasuhiko Yamada

Publication date: 28 May 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.0574

zbMATH Keywords

string theory CFT topological string

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

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