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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 Spin(7)Spin(7) 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.

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@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

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