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Topological strings, contact terms and the holomorphic anomaly

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Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification

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By analysing the coupling of the topological B-sigma model to topological gravity we find new, cohomological, interpretations of the holomorphic anomaly.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146, Genova, Italy

    Carlo Becchi

  2. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Stefano Giusto

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Lecce, Via Arnesano, I-73100, Lecce, Italy

    Camillo Imbimbo

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A. Ceresole C. Kounnas D. Lüst S. Theisen

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Becchi, C., Giusto, S., Imbimbo, C. (1999). Topological strings, contact terms and the holomorphic anomaly. In: Ceresole, A., Kounnas, C., Lüst, D., Theisen, S. (eds) Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104269

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