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We propose a new vertex formalism, called anti-refined topological vertex (anti-vertex for short), to compute the generalized topological string amplitude, which gives rise to the supergroup gauge theory partition function. We show the one-to-many correspondence between the gauge theory and the Calabi-Yau geometry, which is peculiar to the supergroup theory, and the relation between the ordinary vertex formalism and the vertex/anti-vertex formalism through the analytic continuation.
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Kimura, T., Sugimoto, Y. Topological vertex/anti-vertex and supergroup gauge theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 81 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2020)081
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