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Hessian geometry and the holomorphic anomaly

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-02-25 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We present a geometrical framework which incorporates higher derivative corrections to the action of N = 2 vector multiplets in terms of an enlarged scalar manifold which includes a complex deformation parameter. This enlarged space carries a deformed version of special Kahler geometry which we characterise. The holomorphic anomaly equation arises in this framework from the integrability condition for the existence of a Hesse potential.

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@article{arxiv.1511.06658,
  title  = {Hessian geometry and the holomorphic anomaly},
  author = {Gabriel Lopes Cardoso and Thomas Mohaupt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.06658},
  year   = {2016}
}

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43 pages. Revised version: minimal changes. Final version, accepted for publication by JHEP

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