Abstract
We study the gravitational corrections to the F-term in four-dimensional N = 1 U ( N ) gauge theories with flavors, using the Dijkgraaf–Vafa theory. We derive a compact formula for the annulus contribution in terms of the prime form on the matrix model curve. Remarkably, the full Tr R ∧ R correction can be reproduced as a special momentum sector of a single c = 1 CFT correlator, which closely resembles that in the bosonization of fermions on Riemann surfaces. The N = 2 limit of the torus contribution agrees with the multi-instanton calculations as well as the topological A-model result. The planar contributions, on the other hand, have no counterpart in the topological gauge theories, and we speculate about the origin of these terms.
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