Gromov-Witten invariants of P^1 coupled to a KdV tau function

Abstract: We consider the pull-back of a natural sequence of cohomology classes

T h e t a_{g, n} i n H^{2 (2 g - 2 + n)} (o v e r l i n e {c a l M}_{g, n})

to the moduli space of stable maps

{c a l M}_{n}^{g} (m a t h b b P^{1}, d)

. These classes are related to the Br'ezin-Gross-Witten tau function of the KdV hierarchy via

Z^{B G W} (h b a r, t_{0}, t_{1}, ...) = e x p s u m f r a c h b a r^{2 g - 2} n! i n t_{o v e r l i n e {c a l M}_{g, n}} T h e t a_{g, n} c d o t p r o d_{j = 1}^{n} p s i_{j}^{k_{j}} p r o d t_{k_{j}}

. Insertions of the pull-backs of the classes

T h e t a_{g, n}

into the integrals defining Gromov-Witten invariants define new invariants which we show in the case of target

m a t h b b P^{1}

are given by a random matrix integral and satisfy the Toda equation.

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