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Topological vertex formalism with O5-plane

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-11-17 v4

Abstract

We propose new topological vertex formalism for Type IIB (p,q)(p,q) 5-brane web with an O5-plane. We apply our proposal to 5d N=1\mathcal{N}=1 Sp(1) gauge theory with Nf=0,1,8N_f=0,1,8 flavors to compute the topological string partition functions and check the agreement with the known results. Especially for the Nf=8N_f=8 case, which corresponds to E-string theory on a circle, we obtain a new, yet simple, expression of the partition function with two Young diagram sum.

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@article{arxiv.1709.01928,
  title  = {Topological vertex formalism with O5-plane},
  author = {Sung-Soo Kim and Futoshi Yagi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.01928},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

v1: 6 pages, 5 figures, v2: published version, v3: a typo corrected, v4: journal version

R2 v1 2026-06-22T21:35:06.327Z