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Analytic torsion for Calabi-Yau threefolds

Differential Geometry 2008-10-31 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

After Bershadsky-Cecotti-Ooguri-Vafa, we introduce an invariant of Calabi-Yau threefolds, which we call the BCOV invariant and which we obtain using analytic torsion. We give an explicit formula for the BCOV invariant as a function on the compactified moduli space, when it is isomorphic to a projective line. As a corollary, we prove the formula for the BCOV invariant of quintic mirror threefolds conjectured by Bershadsky-Cecotti-Ooguri-Vafa.

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@article{arxiv.math/0601411,
  title  = {Analytic torsion for Calabi-Yau threefolds},
  author = {Hao Fang and Zhiqin Lu and Ken-Ichi Yoshikawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0601411},
  year   = {2008}
}

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