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The Topological Vertex

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We construct a cubic field theory which provides all genus amplitudes of the topological A-model for all non-compact Calabi-Yau toric threefolds. The topology of a given Feynman diagram encodes the topology of a fixed Calabi-Yau, with Schwinger parameters playing the role of Kahler classes of Calabi-Yau. We interpret this result as an operatorial computation of the amplitudes in the B-model mirror which is the Kodaira-Spencer quantum theory. The only degree of freedom of this theory is an unconventional chiral scalar on a Riemann surface. In this setup we identify the B-branes on the mirror Riemann surface as fermions related to the chiral boson by bosonization.

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Monodromy defects in Chern-Simons theory and Holography

hep-th · 2026-07-07 · accept · novelty 8.0

Monodromy defects in charge-conjugation-symmetric Chern-Simons theory are labeled by twisted affine representations, realize a Z2-crossed category, and are holographically dual to orientifolds of the resolved conifold plus branes.

Shell formulas for instantons and gauge origami

hep-th · 2025-12-25 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A new shell formula unifies and delivers explicit closed-form expressions plus recursions for instanton partition functions in 5d SYM and multiple gauge origami configurations using arbitrary-dimensional Young diagrams.

Non-perturbative topological strings from resurgence

hep-th · 2024-06-25 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Topological string partition function on CY threefolds factors into conifold terms powered by sheaf invariants, enabling non-perturbative Borel-resummed expression whose jumps are controlled by genus-zero GV invariants and a deformed prepotential.

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  • Monodromy defects in Chern-Simons theory and Holography hep-th · 2026-07-07 · accept · none · ref 73 · internal anchor

    Monodromy defects in charge-conjugation-symmetric Chern-Simons theory are labeled by twisted affine representations, realize a Z2-crossed category, and are holographically dual to orientifolds of the resolved conifold plus branes.

  • Shell formulas for instantons and gauge origami hep-th · 2025-12-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 6 · internal anchor

    A new shell formula unifies and delivers explicit closed-form expressions plus recursions for instanton partition functions in 5d SYM and multiple gauge origami configurations using arbitrary-dimensional Young diagrams.

  • Non-perturbative topological strings from resurgence hep-th · 2024-06-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 55 · internal anchor

    Topological string partition function on CY threefolds factors into conifold terms powered by sheaf invariants, enabling non-perturbative Borel-resummed expression whose jumps are controlled by genus-zero GV invariants and a deformed prepotential.

  • Thermodynamic limit for SO(2N) gauge theories with spinors/conjugate spinors hep-th · 2026-07-08 · conditional · none · ref 15 · internal anchor

    The distinction between spinor and conjugate spinor matter in 5D SO(2N) gauge theories manifests as different boundary conditions on the Seiberg-Witten curve at O5-plane positions (w=±1).

  • Nil-Equivariant Tropological Sigma Models on Filtered Geometries hep-th · 2025-07-30 · unverdicted · none · ref 3 · internal anchor

    Tropological sigma models on 4D targets are defined on filtered manifolds with nilpotent Engel algebra symmetries and conjectured to correspond to filtered Gromov-Witten invariants.