The string geometry behind topological amplitudes

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2020)005zbMATH Open1434.83139arXiv1910.03347OpenAlexW3102591084WikidataQ126457570 ScholiaQ126457570MaRDI QIDQ2185237FDOQ2185237

Carlo Angelantonj, I. Antoniadis

Publication date: 4 June 2020

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

Abstract: It is shown that the generating function of $mathscrN=2$ topological strings, in the heterotic weak coupling limit, is identified with the partition function of a six-dimensional Melvin background. This background, which corresponds to an exact CFT, realises in string theory the six-dimensional $varOmega$-background of Nekrasov, in the case of opposite deformation parameters $epsilo{n}_1=-epsilo{n}_2$, thus providing the known perturbative part of the Nekrasov partition function in the field theory limit. The analysis is performed on both heterotic and type I strings and for the cases of ordinary $mathscrN=2$ and $mathscrN=2^{*}$ theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.03347

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zbMATH Keywords

superstrings and heterotic stringssupersymmetric gauge theorytopological strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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• Little string instanton partition functions and scalar propagators
• Real topological string amplitudes
• Topological \(2\)D string theory: higher-genus amplitudes and \(W_\infty\) identities

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