The topological vertex

被引:472
作者
Aganagic, M [1 ]
Klemm, A
Mariño, M
Vafa, C
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Jefferson Phys Lab, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Humboldt Univ, Inst Phys, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
[3] CERN, Div Theory, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[4] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
基金
英国科研创新办公室; 美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1007/s00220-004-1162-z
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We construct a cubic field theory which provides all genus amplitudes of the topological A-model for all non-compact toric Calabi-Yau threefolds. The topology of a given Feynman diagram encodes the topology of a fixed Calabi-Yau, with Schwinger parameters playing the role of Kahler classes of the threefold. We interpret this result as an operatorial computation of the amplitudes in the B-model mirror which is the quantum Kodaira-Spencer theory. The only degree of freedom of this theory is an unconventional chiral scalar on a Riemann surface. In this setup we identify the B-branes on the mirror Riemann surface as fermions related to the chiral boson by bosonization.
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页码:425 / 478
页数:54
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