On topological F-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v3
Abstract
We consider the construction of a topological version of F-theory on a particular 8-manifold which is a Calabi-Yau 3-fold times a 2-torus. We write an action for this theory in eight dimensions and reduce it to lower dimensions using Hitchin's gradient flow method. A symmetry of the eight-dimensional theory which follows from modular transformations of the torus induces duality transformations of the variables of the topological A- and B-models. We also consider target space form actions in the presence of background fluxes in six dimensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0412120,
title = {On topological F-theory},
author = {Lilia Anguelova and Paul de Medeiros and Annamaria Sinkovics},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0412120},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
journal version, new symmetry added in section 4