Non-perturbative topological strings and conformal blocks

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Cheng, Miranda C N ^a,b   Dijkgraaf, Robbert ^c   Vafa, Cumrun ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality in Gauge Field Theories; Matrix Models; Topological Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053211260     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2011)022     Document Type: Article

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