Macdonald topological vertices and brane condensates

We show, in a number of simple examples, that Macdonald-type qt-deformations of topological string partition functions are equivalent to topological string partition functions that are without qt-deformations but with brane condensates, and that these brane condensates lead to geometric transitions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Omar Foda, Masahide Manabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321318302827