Topological strings, contact terms and the holomorphic anomaly

2008 ◽  
pp. 483-492
Author(s):  
Carlo Becchi ◽  
Stefano Giusto ◽  
Camillo Imbimbo
Keyword(s):  
Topological Strings ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly

scholarly journals On the algebraic structure of the holomorphic anomaly for N = 2 topological strings

1994 ◽  
Vol 334 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 323-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cézar Gómez ◽  
Esperanza López
Keyword(s):  
Topological Strings ◽  
Algebraic Structure ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly

scholarly journals The Holomorphic Anomaly of Topological Strings

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 195-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Becchi ◽  
Stefano Giusto ◽  
Camillo Imbimbo
Keyword(s):  
Topological Strings ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly

scholarly journals Towards refining the topological strings on compact Calabi-Yau 3-folds

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-xin Huang ◽  
Sheldon Katz ◽  
Albrecht Klemm
Keyword(s):  
Topological Strings ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Elliptic Fibrations ◽  
Detailed Review ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Stable Sheaves ◽  
Almost Fano ◽  
Fano Surfaces

Abstract We make a proposal for calculating refined Gopakumar-Vafa numbers (GVN) on elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau 3-folds based on refined holomorphic anomaly equations. The key examples are smooth elliptic fibrations over (almost) Fano surfaces. We include a detailed review of existing mathematical methods towards defining and calculating the (unrefined) Gopakumar-Vafa invariants (GVI) and the GVNs on compact Calabi-Yau 3-folds using moduli of stable sheaves, in a language that should be accessible to physicists. In particular, we discuss the dependence of the GVNs on the complex structure moduli and on the choice of an orientation. We calculate the GVNs in many instances and compare the B-model predictions with the geometric calculations. We also derive the modular anomaly equations from the holomorphic anomaly equations by analyzing the quasi-modular properties of the propagators. We speculate about the physical relevance of the mathematical choices that can be made for the orientation.

scholarly journals Curves on K3 surfaces in divisibility 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Younghan Bae ◽  
Tim-Henrik Buelles
Keyword(s):  
Modular Forms ◽  
K3 Surfaces ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Smooth Curves ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly Equation ◽  
Anomaly Equation ◽  
Degeneration Formula ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Level 2

Abstract We prove a conjecture of Maulik, Pandharipande and Thomas expressing the Gromov–Witten invariants of K3 surfaces for divisibility 2 curve classes in all genera in terms of weakly holomorphic quasi-modular forms of level 2. Then we establish the holomorphic anomaly equation in divisibility 2 in all genera. Our approach involves a refined boundary induction, relying on the top tautological group of the moduli space of smooth curves, together with a degeneration formula for the reduced virtual fundamental class with imprimitive curve classes. We use double ramification relations with target variety as a new tool to prove the initial condition. The relationship between the holomorphic anomaly equation for higher divisibility and the conjectural multiple cover formula of Oberdieck and Pandharipande is discussed in detail and illustrated with several examples.

scholarly journals Gauge theories on compact toric manifolds

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Bonelli ◽  
Francesco Fucito ◽  
Jose Francisco Morales ◽  
Massimiliano Ronzani ◽  
Ekaterina Sysoeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Gauge Coupling ◽  
Piecewise Constant Function ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Piecewise Constant ◽  
Toric Manifolds ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly ◽  
The One

AbstractWe compute the $$\mathcal{N}=2$$ N = 2 supersymmetric partition function of a gauge theory on a four-dimensional compact toric manifold via equivariant localization. The result is given by a piecewise constant function of the Kähler form with jumps along the walls where the gauge symmetry gets enhanced. The partition function on such manifolds is written as a sum over the residues of a product of partition functions on $$\mathbb {C}^2$$ C 2 . The evaluation of these residues is greatly simplified by using an “abstruse duality” that relates the residues at the poles of the one-loop and instanton parts of the $$\mathbb {C}^2$$ C 2 partition function. As particular cases, our formulae compute the SU(2) and SU(3) equivariant Donaldson invariants of $$\mathbb {P}^2$$ P 2 and $$\mathbb {F}_n$$ F n and in the non-equivariant limit reproduce the results obtained via wall-crossing and blow up methods in the SU(2) case. Finally, we show that the U(1) self-dual connections induce an anomalous dependence on the gauge coupling, which turns out to satisfy a $$\mathcal {N}=2$$ N = 2 analog of the $$\mathcal {N}=4$$ N = 4 holomorphic anomaly equations.

scholarly journals Holomorphic anomaly equation for and the Nekrasov-Shatashvili limit of local

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierrick Bousseau ◽  
Honglu Fan ◽  
Shuai Guo ◽  
Longting Wu
Keyword(s):  
Elliptic Curve ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Topological String ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly ◽  
Holomorphic Anomaly Equation ◽  
Anomaly Equation ◽  
Witten Theory ◽  
Generating Series ◽  
Maximal Contact ◽  
Higher Genus

Abstract We prove a higher genus version of the genus $0$ local-relative correspondence of van Garrel-Graber-Ruddat: for $(X,D)$ a pair with X a smooth projective variety and D a nef smooth divisor, maximal contact Gromov-Witten theory of $(X,D)$ with $\lambda _g$ -insertion is related to Gromov-Witten theory of the total space of ${\mathcal O}_X(-D)$ and local Gromov-Witten theory of D. Specializing to $(X,D)=(S,E)$ for S a del Pezzo surface or a rational elliptic surface and E a smooth anticanonical divisor, we show that maximal contact Gromov-Witten theory of $(S,E)$ is determined by the Gromov-Witten theory of the Calabi-Yau 3-fold ${\mathcal O}_S(-E)$ and the stationary Gromov-Witten theory of the elliptic curve E. Specializing further to $S={\mathbb P}^2$ , we prove that higher genus generating series of maximal contact Gromov-Witten invariants of $({\mathbb P}^2,E)$ are quasimodular and satisfy a holomorphic anomaly equation. The proof combines the quasimodularity results and the holomorphic anomaly equations previously known for local ${\mathbb P}^2$ and the elliptic curve. Furthermore, using the connection between maximal contact Gromov-Witten invariants of $({\mathbb P}^2,E)$ and Betti numbers of moduli spaces of semistable one-dimensional sheaves on ${\mathbb P}^2$ , we obtain a proof of the quasimodularity and holomorphic anomaly equation predicted in the physics literature for the refined topological string free energy of local ${\mathbb P}^2$ in the Nekrasov-Shatashvili limit.

scholarly journals Intertwining operator and integrable hierarchies from topological strings

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Emile Bourgine
Keyword(s):  
Topological Strings ◽  
Vertex Operator ◽  
Integrable Hierarchies ◽  
Kp Hierarchy ◽  
Tau Function ◽  
Time Deformation ◽  
Toroidal Algebra ◽  
Crystal Model ◽  
Melting Crystal ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract In [1], Nakatsu and Takasaki have shown that the melting crystal model behind the topological strings vertex provides a tau-function of the KP hierarchy after an appropriate time deformation. We revisit their derivation with a focus on the underlying quantum W1+∞ symmetry. Specifically, we point out the role played by automorphisms and the connection with the intertwiner — or vertex operator — of the algebra. This algebraic perspective allows us to extend part of their derivation to the refined melting crystal model, lifting the algebra to the quantum toroidal algebra of $$ \mathfrak{gl} $$ gl (1) (also called Ding-Iohara-Miki algebra). In this way, we take a first step toward the definition of deformed hierarchies associated to A-model refined topological strings.

scholarly journals Colored HOMFLY-PT for hybrid weaving knot $$ {\hat{\mathrm{W}}}_3 $$(m, n)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek Kumar Singh ◽  
Rama Mishra ◽  
P. Ramadevi
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Topological Strings ◽  
Chebyshev Polynomials ◽  
Fibonacci Numbers ◽  
Infinite Family ◽  
Closed Form Expression ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Laurent Polynomials ◽  
Form Expression ◽  
Torus Knots

Abstract Weaving knots W(p, n) of type (p, n) denote an infinite family of hyperbolic knots which have not been addressed by the knot theorists as yet. Unlike the well known (p, n) torus knots, we do not have a closed-form expression for HOMFLY-PT and the colored HOMFLY-PT for W(p, n). In this paper, we confine to a hybrid generalization of W(3, n) which we denote as $$ {\hat{W}}_3 $$ W ̂ 3 (m, n) and obtain closed form expression for HOMFLY-PT using the Reshitikhin and Turaev method involving $$ \mathrm{\mathcal{R}} $$ ℛ -matrices. Further, we also compute [r]-colored HOMFLY-PT for W(3, n). Surprisingly, we observe that trace of the product of two dimensional $$ \hat{\mathrm{\mathcal{R}}} $$ ℛ ̂ -matrices can be written in terms of infinite family of Laurent polynomials $$ {\mathcal{V}}_{n,t}\left[q\right] $$ V n , t q whose absolute coefficients has interesting relation to the Fibonacci numbers $$ {\mathrm{\mathcal{F}}}_n $$ ℱ n . We also computed reformulated invariants and the BPS integers in the context of topological strings. From our analysis, we propose that certain refined BPS integers for weaving knot W(3, n) can be explicitly derived from the coefficients of Chebyshev polynomials of first kind.

scholarly journals Topological Strings and (Almost) Modular Forms

2007 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Aganagic ◽  
Vincent Bouchard ◽  
Albrecht Klemm
Keyword(s):  
Topological Strings ◽  
Modular Forms
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