Worldsheet realization of the refined topological string

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2013.07.004zbMath1282.81139arXiv1302.6993OpenAlexW2133320808MaRDI QIDQ2438237

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

Publication date: 10 March 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.6993

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supergravity (83E50) 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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