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Chern-Simons: Fano and Calabi-Yau

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-09-08 v1

Abstract

We present the complete classification of smooth toric Fano threefolds, known to the algebraic geometry literature, and perform some preliminary analyses in the context of brane-tilings and Chern-Simons theory on M2-branes probing Calabi-Yau fourfold singularities. We emphasise that these 18 spaces should be as intensely studied as their well-known counter-parts: the del Pezzo surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.0904.1847,
  title  = {Chern-Simons: Fano and Calabi-Yau},
  author = {Amihay Hanany and Yang-Hui He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.1847},
  year   = {2011}
}

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20 pages, 4 figures