Small cosmological constants in string theory
A bstract We construct supersymmetric AdS 4 vacua of type IIB string theory in
compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces. We first find explicit …
compactifications on orientifolds of Calabi-Yau threefold hypersurfaces. We first find explicit …
Recent developments in toric geometry
DA Cox - arXiv preprint alg-geom/9606016, 1996 - arxiv.org
This paper will appear in the Proceedings of the 1995 Santa Cruz Summer Institute. The
paper is a survey of recent developments in the theory of toric varieties, including new …
paper is a survey of recent developments in the theory of toric varieties, including new …
String theory on Calabi-Yau manifolds
B Greene - arXiv preprint hep-th/9702155, 1997 - arxiv.org
These lectures are devoted to introducing some of the basic features of quantum geometry
that have been emerging from compactified string theory over the last couple of years. The …
that have been emerging from compactified string theory over the last couple of years. The …
Mirror symmetry, mirror map and applications to complete intersection Calabi-Yau spaces
We extend the discussion of mirror symmetry, Picard-Fuchs equations, instanton corrected
Yukawa couplings and the topological one-loop partition function to the case of complete …
Yukawa couplings and the topological one-loop partition function to the case of complete …
On Calabi-Yau complete intersections in toric varieties
VV Batyrev, LA Borisov - Higher-dimensional complex varieties …, 1996 - degruyter.com
We investigate Hodge-theoretic properties of Calabi-Yau complete intersections V of r semi-
ample divisors in^-dimensional toric Fano varieties having at most Gorenstein singularities …
ample divisors in^-dimensional toric Fano varieties having at most Gorenstein singularities …
Summing the instantons: Quantum cohomology and mirror symmetry in toric varieties
DR Morrison, MR Plesser - Nuclear Physics B, 1995 - Elsevier
We use the gauged linear sigma model introduced by Witten to calculate instanton
expansions for correlation functions in topological sigma models with target space a toric …
expansions for correlation functions in topological sigma models with target space a toric …
[HTML][HTML] Geometric transitions
M Rossi - Journal of Geometry and Physics, 2006 - Elsevier
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Stringy Hodge numbers of varieties with Gorenstein canonical singularities
VV Batyrev - arXiv preprint alg-geom/9711008, 1997 - arxiv.org
We introduce the notion of stringy E-function for an arbitrary normal irreducible algebraic
variety X with at worst log-terminal singularities. We prove some basic properties of stringy E …
variety X with at worst log-terminal singularities. We prove some basic properties of stringy E …
Strong McKay correspondence, string-theoretic Hodge numbers and mirror symmetry
VV Batyrev, DI Dais - Topology, 1996 - Elsevier
We propose a new higher dimensional version of the McKay correspondence which enables
us to understand the “Hodge numbers” assigned to singular Gorenstein varieties by …
us to understand the “Hodge numbers” assigned to singular Gorenstein varieties by …
Mirror manifolds in higher dimension
BR Greene, DR Morrison, MR Plesser - Communications in mathematical …, 1995 - Springer
We describe mirror manifolds in dimensions different from the familiar case of complex
threefolds. We isolate certain simplifying features present only in dimension three, and …
threefolds. We isolate certain simplifying features present only in dimension three, and …