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Macdonald topological vertices and brane condensates

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-10-24 v2

Abstract

We show, in a number of simple examples, that Macdonald-type qtqt-deformations of topological string partition functions are equivalent to topological string partition functions that are without qtqt-deformations but with brane condensates, and that these brane condensates lead to geometric transitions.

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@article{arxiv.1801.04943,
  title  = {Macdonald topological vertices and brane condensates},
  author = {Omar Foda and Masahide Manabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.04943},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

23 pages, 5 figures. v2: minor changes, published version

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