Z Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We present the evidence for the existence of the topological string analogue of M-theory, which we call Z-theory. The corners of Z-theory moduli space correspond to the Donaldson-Thomas theory, Kodaira-Spencer theory, Gromov-Witten theory, and Donaldson-Witten theory. We discuss the relations of Z-theory with Hitchin's gravities in six and seven dimensions, and make our own proposal, involving spinor generalization of Chern-Simons theory of three-forms. Based on the talk at Strings'04 in Paris.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0412021,
title = {Z Theory},
author = {Nikita Nekrasov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0412021},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Minimally expanded notes of the lecture at Strings'04, 18 pp; v.2 typos, preprint numbers and refs fixed