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Topological strings and their physical applications
Andrew Neitzke, Cumrun Vafa
We give an introductory review of topological strings and their application to various aspects of superstrings and supersymmetric gauge theories. This review includes developing th…
Two Dimensional Yang-Mills, Black Holes and Topological Strings
Cumrun Vafa
We show that topological strings on a class of non-compact Calabi-Yau threefolds is equivalent to two dimensional bosonic U(N) Yang-Mills on a torus. We explain this correspondence…
D-branes as Defects in the Calabi-Yau Crystal
Natalia Saulina, Cumrun Vafa
We define the notion of A-model Lagrangian D-branes as introducing defects in the Calabi-Yau crystal. The crystal melting in the presence of these defects reproduces all genus stri…
Mirror Symmetry and Supermanifolds
Mina Aganagic, Cumrun Vafa
We develop techniques for obtaining the mirror of Calabi-Yau supermanifolds as super-Landau-Ginzburg theories. In some cases the dual can be equivalent to a geometry. We apply this…
N=2 strings and the twistorial Calabi-Yau
Andrew Neitzke, Cumrun Vafa
We interpret the A and B model topological strings on CP^{3|4} as equivalent to open N=2 string theory on spacetime with signature (2,2), when covariantized with respect to SO(2,2)…