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Summing the instantons in half-twisted linear sigma models

Jock McOrist, Ilarion V Melnikov

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Abstract

We study half-twisted linear sigma models relevant to (0,2) compactifications of the heterotic string. Focusing on theories with a (2,2) locus, we examine the linear model parameter space and the dependence of genus zero half-twisted correlators on these parameters. We show that in a class of theories the correlators and parameters separate into A and B types, present techniques to compute the dependence, and apply these to some examples. These results should bear on the mathematics of (0,2) mirror symmetry and the physics of the moduli space and Yukawa couplings in heterotic compactifications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number026
Pages (from-to)1-60
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2009
Issue numberJHEP02
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2009

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