scholarly journals Topological string correlators from matrix models

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert de Mello Koch ◽  
Lwazi Nkumane
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Models ◽  
Topological String

String theory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Kostov
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Topological Strings ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Topological String ◽  
Enumerative Geometry ◽  
Topological String Theory ◽  
Superstring Theory ◽  
String Dualities ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge

This article discusses the link between matrix models and string theory, giving emphasis on topological string theory and the Dijkgraaf–Vafa correspondence, along with applications of this correspondence and its generalizations to supersymmetric gauge theory, enumerative geometry, and mirror symmetry. The article first provides an overview of strings and matrices, noting that the correspondence between matrix models and string theory makes it possible to solve both non-critical strings and topological strings. It then describes some basic aspects of topological strings on Calabi-Yau manifolds and states the Dijkgraaf–Vafa correspondence, focusing on how it is connected to string dualities and how it can be used to compute superpotentials in certain supersymmetric gauge theories. In addition, it shows how the correspondence extends to toric manifolds and leads to a matrix model approach to enumerative geometry. Finally, it reviews matrix quantum mechanics and its applications in superstring theory.

scholarly journals Genus expansion of matrix models and ћ expansion of KP hierarchy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Andreev ◽  
A. Popolitov ◽  
A. Sleptsov ◽  
A. Zhabin
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Hermitian Matrix ◽  
Geometric Meaning ◽  
Kp Hierarchy ◽  
Hurwitz Numbers ◽  
Kp Equations ◽  
Genus Expansion ◽  
Hermitian Matrix Model

Abstract We study ћ expansion of the KP hierarchy following Takasaki-Takebe [1] considering several examples of matrix model τ-functions with natural genus expansion. Among the examples there are solutions of KP equations of special interest, such as generating function for simple Hurwitz numbers, Hermitian matrix model, Kontsevich model and Brezin-Gross-Witten model. We show that all these models with parameter ћ are τ-functions of the ћ-KP hierarchy and the expansion in ћ for the ћ-KP coincides with the genus expansion for these models. Furthermore, we show a connection of recent papers considering the ћ-formulation of the KP hierarchy [2, 3] with original Takasaki-Takebe approach. We find that in this approach the recovery of enumerative geometric meaning of τ-functions is straightforward and algorithmic.

scholarly journals Fermi gas approach to general rank theories and quantum curves

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naotaka Kubo
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Models ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fermi Gas ◽  
Fermi Gases ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Density Matrices ◽  
General Rank ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract It is known that matrix models computing the partition functions of three-dimensional $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 superconformal Chern-Simons theories described by circular quiver diagrams can be written as the partition functions of ideal Fermi gases when all the nodes have equal ranks. We extend this approach to rank deformed theories. The resulting matrix models factorize into factors depending only on the relative ranks in addition to the Fermi gas factors. We find that this factorization plays a critical role in showing the equality of the partition functions of dual theories related by the Hanany-Witten transition. Furthermore, we show that the inverses of the density matrices of the ideal Fermi gases can be simplified and regarded as quantum curves as in the case without rank deformations. We also comment on four nodes theories using our results.

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 Multiple phases in a generalized Gross-Witten-Wadia matrix model

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge G. Russo ◽  
Miguel Tierz
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Characteristic Polynomial ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Phase Structure ◽  
Unitary Matrix ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Toeplitz Determinants ◽  
Dimensional Parameter ◽  
Planar Limit

Abstract We study a unitary matrix model of the Gross-Witten-Wadia type, extended with the addition of characteristic polynomial insertions. The model interpolates between solvable unitary matrix models and is the unitary counterpart of a deformed Cauchy ensemble. Exact formulas for the partition function and Wilson loops are given in terms of Toeplitz determinants and minors and large N results are obtained by using Szegö theorem with a Fisher-Hartwig singularity. In the large N (planar) limit with two scaled couplings, the theory exhibits a surprisingly intricate phase structure in the two-dimensional parameter space.

scholarly journals BPS Quivers of Five-Dimensional SCFTs, Topological Strings and q-Painlevé Equations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Bonelli ◽  
Fabrizio Del Monte ◽  
Alessandro Tanzini
Keyword(s):  
Topological String ◽  
Cluster Algebra ◽  
Painlevé Equations ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Quantum Field Theories ◽  
Particle Spectrum ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Painleve Equations ◽  
Rank One ◽  
Bilinear Equations

AbstractWe study the discrete flows generated by the symmetry group of the BPS quivers for Calabi–Yau geometries describing five-dimensional superconformal quantum field theories on a circle. These flows naturally describe the BPS particle spectrum of such theories and at the same time generate bilinear equations of q-difference type which, in the rank one case, are q-Painlevé equations. The solutions of these equations are shown to be given by grand canonical topological string partition functions which we identify with $$\tau $$ τ -functions of the cluster algebra associated to the quiver. We exemplify our construction in the case corresponding to five-dimensional SU(2) pure super Yang–Mills and $$N_f=2$$ N f = 2 on a circle.

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