Sphere Partition Function of Calabi–Yau GLSMs

Abstract

The sphere partition function of Calabi–Yau gauged linear sigma models (GLSMs) has been shown to compute the exact Kähler potential of the Kähler moduli space of a Calabi–Yau. We propose a universal expression for the sphere partition function evaluated in hybrid phases of Calabi–Yau GLSMs that are fibrations of Landau–Ginzburg orbifolds over some base manifold. Special cases include Calabi–Yau complete intersections in toric ambient spaces and Landau–Ginzburg orbifolds. The key ingredients that enter the expression are Givental’s I/J-functions, the Gamma class and further data associated to the hybrid model. We test the proposal for one- and two-parameter abelian GLSMs, making connections, where possible, to known results from mirror symmetry and FJRW theory.