dc.contributor.author | Berkovits, Nathan | |
dc.contributor.author | Vafa, Cumrun | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-22T18:35:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Berkovits, Nathan, and Cumrun Vafa. 1995. “N = 4 Topological Strings.” Nuclear Physics B 433 (1): 123–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(94)00419-f. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0169-6823 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0550-3213 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1873-1562 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41385062 | * |
dc.description.abstract | We show how to make a topological string theory starting from an N = 4 superconformal theory. The critical dimension for this theory is c ($) over cap = 2 (c = 6). It is shown that superstrings (in both the RNS and GS formulations) and critical N = 2 strings are special cases of this topological theory. Applications for this new topological theory include: (1) Proving the vanishing to all orders of all scattering amplitudes for the self-dual N = 2 string with flat background, with the exception of the three-point function and the closed-string partition function; (2) Showing that the topological partition function of the N = 2 string on the K3 background may be interpreted as computing the superpotential in harmonic superspace generated upon compactification of type II superstrings from 10 to 6 dimensions; and (3) Providing a new prescription for calculating superstring amplitudes which appears to be free of total-derivative ambiguities. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | N = 4 topological strings | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | |
dc.relation.journal | Nuclear Physics, B | |
dash.depositing.author | Vafa, C.::4e237a95963132b39101a21b3da5ddb2::600 | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-22T18:35:59Z | |
dash.workflow.comments | 1Science Serial ID 69810 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/0550-3213(94)00419-F | |
dash.source.volume | 433;1 | |
dash.source.page | 123-180 | |