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We introduce a class of new algebras, the shifted quiver Yangians, as the BPS algebras for type IIA string theory on general toric Calabi-Yau three-folds. We construct representations of the shifted quiver Yangian from general subcrystals…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-07 Dmitry Galakhov , Wei Li , Masahito Yamazaki

We study the refined and unrefined crystal/BPS partition functions of D6-D2-D0 brane bound states for all toric Calabi-Yau threefolds without compact 4-cycles and some non-toric examples. They can be written as products of (generalized)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-08 Jiakang Bao , Yang-Hui He , Ali Zahabi

We extend the study of the recently introduced crystal melting models associated to toric Calabi-Yau 4-folds in several directions. In particular, we investigate in greater detail the structure of these models for general toric CY 4-folds…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-11 Mario Carcamo , Sebastián Franco

The BPS-spectrum is known to change when moduli cross a wall of marginal stability. This paper tests the compatibility of wall-crossing with S-duality and electric-magnetic duality for N=2 supergravity. To this end, the BPS-spectrum of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-10-07 Jan Manschot

By embedding N=2 gauge theories in string theory and utilizing string dualities we map the counting of BPS states with arbitrary electric and magnetic charges to computations of an A-model topological string on an associated geometry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-04 Sergio Cecotti , Cumrun Vafa

The BPS state spectrum in four-dimensional gauge theories or string vacua with N=2 supersymmetries is well known to depend on the values of the parameters or moduli at spatial infinity. The BPS index is locally constant, but discontinuous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-29 Boris Pioline

We study the relationship between the statistical mechanics of crystal melting and instanton counting in N=4 supersymmetric U(1) gauge theory on toric surfaces. We argue that, in contrast to their six-dimensional cousins, the two problems…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-14 Michele Cirafici , Amir-Kian Kashani-Poor , Richard J. Szabo

We find a new infinite class of infinite-dimensional algebras acting on BPS states for non-compact toric Calabi-Yau threefolds. In Type IIA superstring compactification on a toric Calabi-Yau threefold, the D-branes wrapping holomorphic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-22 Wei Li , Masahito Yamazaki

The spectrum of BPS states in type IIA string theory compactified on a Calabi-Yau threefold famously jumps across codimension-one walls in complexified K\"ahler moduli space, leading to an intricate chamber structure. The Split Attractor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-14 Pierrick Bousseau , Pierre Descombes , Bruno Le Floch , Boris Pioline

A general theory for the melting of two dimensional solids explaining the universal and non-universal properties is an open problem up to date. Although the celebrated KTHNY theory have been able to predict the critical properties of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-03-13 Alejandro Mendoza-Coto , Valéria Mattiello , Rômulo Cenci , Nicolò Defenu , Lucas Nicolao

We propose a generalization of the topological vertex, which we call the "non-commutative topological vertex". This gives open BPS invariants for a toric Calabi-Yau manifold without compact 4-cycles, where we have D0/D2/D6-branes wrapping…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-16 Kentaro Nagao , Masahito Yamazaki

In this review, we summarize the recent progress on the crystal melting models and the quiver algebras regarding the BPS counting. We shall consider the constructions of crystals for generic quivers and discuss the so-called double quiver…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-07 Jiakang Bao

We initiate the study of wall crossing phenomena in orientifolds of local toric Calabi-Yau 3-folds from a topological string perspective. For this purpose, we define a notion of real Donaldson-Thomas partition function at the large volume,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-01-29 Daniel Krefl

We introduce a new wall-crossing formula which combines and generalizes the Cecotti-Vafa and Kontsevich-Soibelman formulas for supersymmetric 2d and 4d systems respectively. This 2d-4d wall-crossing formula governs the wall-crossing of BPS…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Davide Gaiotto , Gregory W. Moore , Andrew Neitzke

We formulate supersymmetric low energy dynamics for BPS dyons in strongly-coupled N=2 Seiberg-Witten theories, and derive wall-crossing formulae thereof. For BPS states made up of a heavy core state and n probe (halo) dyons around it, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-28 Sungjay Lee , Piljin Yi

The notion of limit stability on Calabi-Yau 3-folds is introduced by the author to construct an approximation of Bridgeland-Douglas stability conditions at the large volume limit. It has also turned out that the wall-crossing phenomena of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-06-03 Yukinobu Toda

A two-dimensional crystal melts via the proliferation and unbinding of topological defects, yet quantitatively predicting the melting temperature $T_m$ in real systems is challenging. Here we resolve this discrepancy in quantum Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 H. Xia , Qianhui Xu , Jiasen Niu , Jian Sun , Yang Liu , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , Pengjie Wang , Bo Yang , Xi Lin

We investigate two-dimensional (2d) melting in the presence of a one-dimensional (1d) periodic potential as, for example, realized in recent experiments on 2d colloids subjected to two interfering laser beams. The topology of the phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Leo Radzihovsky , Erwin Frey , David R. Nelson

We propose a new duality involving topological strings in the limit of large string coupling constant. The dual is described in terms of a classical statistical mechanical model of crystal melting, where the temperature is inverse of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Andrei Okounkov , Nikolai Reshetikhin , Cumrun Vafa

We develop geometric techniques for counting BPS states in five-dimensional gauge theories engineered by M theory on a toric Calabi-Yau threefold. The problem is approached by studying framed 3d-5d wall-crossing in presence of a single M5…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Sibasish Banerjee , Pietro Longhi , Mauricio Romo