Non-perturbative topological strings and conformal blocks

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2011)022zbMATH Open1301.81195arXiv1010.4573WikidataQ59270131 ScholiaQ59270131MaRDI QIDQ480607FDOQ480607

Authors: Miranda C. N. Cheng, Cumrun Vafa, Robbert Dijkgraaf 

Publication date: 8 December 2014

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

Abstract: We give a non-perturbative completion of a class of closed topological string theories in terms of building blocks of dual open strings. In the specific case where the open string is given by a matrix model these blocks correspond to a choice of integration contour. We then apply this definition to the AGT setup where the dual matrix model has logarithmic potential and is conjecturally equivalent to Liouville conformal field theory. By studying the natural contours of these matrix integrals and their monodromy properties, we propose a precise map between topological string blocks and Liouville conformal blocks. Remarkably, this description makes use of the light-cone diagrams of closed string field theory, where the critical points of the matrix potential correspond to string interaction points.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4573

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zbMATH Keywords

duality in gauge field theoriesmatrix modelstopological strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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