10–12 Aug 2022
University of Stavanger
Europe/Oslo timezone

Target Space Geometry for Topological Strings - Charles Strickland-Constable (University of Hertfordshire)

10 Aug 2022, 09:00
1h
Kjølv Egelands Hus, room E-102 (University of Stavanger)

Kjølv Egelands Hus, room E-102

University of Stavanger

Description

Using generalised geometry, I will describe a universal construction of a double complex on supersymmetric NS-NS backgrounds which provides a geometric realisation of the BRST complex of twisted string sigma models. It will also be shown how to write the 1-loop partition function in terms of these objects. For the case of G2 manifolds, I will show how this leads to a target space action which reproduces the 1-loop partition function.

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