Chern-Simons theory and topological strings
DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.77.675zbMath1205.81013arXivhep-th/0406005OpenAlexW2168294308WikidataQ21563861 ScholiaQ21563861MaRDI QIDQ3077083
Publication date: 21 February 2011
Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0406005
Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Calabi-Yau theory (complex-analytic aspects) (32Q25) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)
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