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Two Dimensional Kodaira-Spencer Theory and Three Dimensional Chern-Simons Gravity
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
Motivated by the six dimensional formulation of Kodaira-Spencer theory for Calabi-Yau threefolds, we formulate a two dimensional version and argue that this is the relevant field t…
Cascading to the MSSM
Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa, Herman Verlinde +1
The MSSM can arise as an orientifold of a pyramid-like quiver in the context of intersecting D-branes. Here we consider quiver realizations of the MSSM which can emerge at the bott…
Geometrically Induced Phase Transitions at Large N
Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa
Utilizing the large N dual description of a metastable system of branes and anti-branes wrapping rigid homologous S^2's in a non-compact Calabi-Yau threefold, we study phase transi…
Non-supersymmetric Black Holes and Topological Strings
Kirill Saraikin, Cumrun Vafa
We study non-supersymmetric, extremal 4 dimensional black holes which arise upon compactification of type II superstrings on Calabi-Yau threefolds. We propose a generalization of t…
Phase Structure of a Brane/Anti-Brane System at Large N
Jonathan J. Heckman, Jihye Seo, Cumrun Vafa
We further analyze a class of recently studied metastable string vacua obtained by wrapping D5-branes and anti-D5-branes over rigid homologous S^2's of a non-compact Calabi-Yau thr…
The Refined Topological Vertex
Amer Iqbal, Can Kozcaz, Cumrun Vafa
We define a refined topological vertex which depends in addition on a parameter, which physically corresponds to extending the self-dual graviphoton field strength to a more genera…