Localization with a surface operator, irregular conformal blocks and open topological string

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 725-804

  Awata, Hidetoshi ^a   Fuji, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanno, Hiroaki ^a   Manabe, Masahide ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84874751880     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2012.v16.n3.a1     Document Type: Article

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