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SO and Sp Chern-Simons at Large N
S. Sinha, C. Vafa
We study the large N limit of SO(N) and Sp(N) Chern-Simons gauge theory on S^3 and identify its closed string dual as topological strings on an orientifold of the small resolution…
Mirror Symmetry, D-Branes and Counting Holomorphic Discs
Mina Aganagic, Cumrun Vafa
We consider a class of special Lagrangian subspaces of Calabi-Yau manifolds and identify their mirrors, using the recent derivation of mirror symmetry, as certain holomorphic varie…
D-Branes And Mirror Symmetry
Kentaro Hori, Amer Iqbal, Cumrun Vafa
We study (2,2) supersymmetric field theories on two-dimensional worldsheet with boundaries. We determine D-branes (boundary conditions and boundary interactions) that preserve half…
Unifying Themes in Topological Field Theories
Cumrun Vafa
We discuss unifying features of topological field theories in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions. This includes relations among enumerative geometry (2d topological field theory) link invariant…
Mirror Symmetry
Kentaro Hori, Cumrun Vafa
We prove mirror symmetry for supersymmetric sigma models on Kahler manifolds in 1+1 dimensions. The proof involves establishing the equivalence of the gauged linear sigma model, em…
Type I' and Real Algebraic Geometry
F. A. Cachazo, C. Vafa
We revisit the duality between type I' and heterotic strings in 9 dimensions. We resolve a puzzle about the validity of type I' perturbation theory and show that there are regions…