Algebraic Geometry and Topological Strings Seminar 

18/10/2005, 14:00 — 15:00 — Amphitheatre Pa3, Mathematics Building
Andy Neitzke, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

BPS Microstates and Open Topological Strings

I will discuss some recent attempts to understand the meaning of nonperturbative topological strings---one approach via counting of BPS microstates, and in particular its extension to open topological strings, and another via topological M-theory.

---

REFERENCES:

M.Aganagic, A.Neitzke, C.Vafa, "BPS Microstates and the Open Topological String Wave Function", hep-th/0504054.
R.Dijkgraaf, S.Gukov, A.Neitzke, C.Vafa, "Topological M-theory as Unification of Form Theories of Gravity", hep-th/0411073.