Virasoro constraints for Hodge integrals

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study Virasoro constraints for Hodge integrals in Gromov-Witten theory of any target varieties. Results consist of the following: Firstly, we propose Virasoro conjecture for Hodge integrals in Gromov-Witten theory of any target varieties; Secondly, we prove Virasoro constraints for Hodge integrals in genus zero of any target varieties; Thirdly, we prove the genus-1 $L_1^{\mathbb{E}}$ constraint with one Hodge character class insertion for any target varieties; Lastly, we obtain certain new vanishing identities in higher genus for Gromov-Witten invariants of any target varieties.