Superconformal topological recursion
Abstract
We investigate a supersymmetric generalisation of topological recursion from two perspectives: algebraic and geometric. The algebraic side concerns a recursive structure encoded in modules of a super Virasoro algebra, and the geometric counterpart is what we call superconformal topological recursion defined on a super Riemann surface. Superconformal topological recursion indicates that odd holomorphic one-forms on a super Riemann surface are related to zero modes of copies of the Clifford algebras, and it also provides a tool to study deformation of non-split super Riemann surfaces, e.g. certain families of super Riemann surfaces carrying odd parameters. On a super Riemann surface over a non-reduced base, the formalism is recursive not only in terms of pants-decomposition but also in terms of odd parameters in a suitable sense.
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@article{arxiv.2511.17320,
title = {Superconformal topological recursion},
author = {Nezhla Aghaei and Reinier Kramer and Nicolas Orantin and Kento Osuga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17320},
year = {2025}
}
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53 pages