S-duality and Topological Strings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-09-06 v1
Abstract
In this paper we show how S-duality of type IIB superstrings leads to an S-duality relating A and B model topological strings on the same Calabi-Yau as had been conjectured recently: D-instantons of the B-model correspond to A-model perturbative amplitudes and D-instantons of the A-model capture perturbative B-model amplitudes. Moreover this confirms the existence of new branes in the two models. As an application we explain the recent results concerning A-model topological strings on Calabi-Yau and its equivalence to the statistical mechanical model of melting crystal.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0403167,
title = {S-duality and Topological Strings},
author = {N. Nekrasov and H. Ooguri and C. Vafa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0403167},
year = {2016}
}
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13 pages