The topological G₂ string

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2008.V12.N2.A2MaRDI QIDQ937372zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Asad Naqvi, A. Shomer, Jan de Boer

Publication date 14 August 2008

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0506211, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.atmp/1210083226

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We construct new topological theories related to sigma models whose target space is a seven dimensional manifold of G_2 holonomy. We define a new type of topological twist and identify the BRST operator and the physical states. Unlike the more familiar six dimensional case, our topological model is defined in terms of conformal blocks and not in terms of local operators of the original theory. We also present evidence that one can extend this definition to all genera and construct a seven-dimensional topological string theory. We compute genus zero correlation functions and relate these to Hitchin's functional for three-forms in seven dimensions. Along the way we develop the analogue of special geometry for G_2 manifolds. When the seven dimensional topological twist is applied to the product of a Calabi-Yau manifold and a circle, the result is an interesting combination of the six dimensional A- and B-models.

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