Remodeling Conjecture Research Articles

Genus Two Siegel Quasi-Modular Forms and Gromov–Witten Theory of Toric Calabi–Yau Threefolds

We first develop theories of differential rings of quasi-Siegel modular and quasi-Siegel Jacobi forms for genus two. Then we apply them to the Eynard-Orantin topological recursion of certain local Calabi-Yau threefolds equipped with branes, whose mirror curves are genus two hyperelliptic curves. By the proof of the Remodeling Conjecture, we prove that the corresponding open- and closed- Gromov-Witten potentials are essentially quasi-Siegel Jacobi and quasi-Siegel modular forms for genus two, respectively.

All-genus open-closed mirror symmetry for affine toric Calabi�Yau 3-orbifolds

The Remodeling Conjecture proposed by Bouchard-Klemm-Marino-Pasquetti [arXiv:0709.1453, arXiv:0807.0597] relates all genus open and closed Gromov-Witten invariants of a semi-projective toric Calabi-Yau 3-manifolds/3-orbifolds to the Eynard-Orantin invariants of the mirror curve of the toric Calabi-Yau 3-fold. In this paper, we present a proof of the Remodeling Conjecture for open-closed orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of an arbitrary affine toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifold relative to a framed Aganagic-Vafa Lagrangian brane. This can be viewed as an all genus open-closed mirror symmetry for affine toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifolds.

On the remodeling conjecture for toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifolds

The Remodeling Conjecture proposed by Bouchard-Klemm-Mariño-Pasquetti (BKMP) relates the A-model open and closed topological string amplitudes (the all genus open and closed Gromov-Witten invariants) of a semiprojective toric Calabi-Yau 3-manifold/3-orbifold to the Eynard-Orantin invariants of its mirror curve. It is an all genus open-closed mirror symmetry for toric Calabi-Yau 3-manifolds/3-orbifolds. In this paper, we present a proof of the BKMP Remodeling Conjecture for all genus open-closed orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of an arbitrary semiprojective toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifold relative to an outer framed Aganagic-Vafa Lagrangian brane. We also prove the conjecture in the closed string sector at all genera.

The SYZ mirror symmetry and the BKMP remodeling conjecture

The Remodeling Conjecture proposed by Bouchard-Klemm-Marino-Pasquetti (BKMP) relates the A-model open and closed topological string amplitudes (open and closed Gromov-Witten invariants) of a symplectic toric Calabi-Yau 3-fold to Eynard-Orantin invariants of its mirror curve. The Remodeling Conjecture can be viewed as a version of all genus open-closed mirror symmetry. The SYZ conjecture explains mirror symmetry as $T$-duality. After a brief review on SYZ mirror symmetry and mirrors of symplectic toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifolds, we give a non-technical exposition of our results on the Remodeling Conjecture for symplectic toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifolds. In the end, we apply SYZ mirror symmetry to obtain the descendent version of the all genus mirror symmetry for toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifolds.

Equivariant Gromov–Witten Theory of Affine Smooth Toric Deligne–Mumford Stacks

For any finite abelian group G, the equivariant Gromov-Witten invariants of [Cr/G] can be viewed as a certain kind of abelian Hurwitz-Hodge integrals. In this note, we use Tseng’s orbifold quantum Riemann-Roch theorem to express this kind of abelian Hurwitz-Hodge integrals as a sum over Feynman graphs, where the weight of each graph is expressed in terms of descendant integrals over moduli spaces of stable curves. This expression will play a crucial role in the proof of the remodeling conjecture for affine toric Calabi-Yau 3-orbifolds in [19].

The Remodeling Conjecture and the Faber–Pandharipande Formula

In this note, we prove that the free energies F g constructed from the Eynard–Orantin topological recursion applied to the curve mirror to \({\mathbb{C}^3}\) reproduce the Faber–Pandharipande formula for genus g Gromov–Witten invariants of \({\mathbb{C}^3}\) . This completes the proof of the remodeling conjecture for \({\mathbb{C}^3}\) .

Topological recursion and mirror curves

We study the constant contributions to the free energies obtained through the topological recursion applied to the complex curves mirror to toric Calabi-Yau threefolds. We show that the recursion reproduces precisely the corresponding Gromov-Witten invariants, which can be encoded in powers of the MacMahon function. As a result, we extend the scope of the "remodeling conjecture" to the full free energies, including the constant contributions. In the process we study how the pair of pants decomposition of the mirror curves plays an important role in the topological recursion. We also show that the free energies are not, strictly speaking, symplectic invariants, and that the recursive construction of the free energies does not commute with certain limits of mirror curves.

Wall Crossing as Seen by Matrix Models

The number of BPS bound states of D-branes on a Calabi-Yau manifold depends on two sets of data, the BPS charges and the stability conditions. For D0 and D2-branes bound to a single D6-brane wrapping a Calabi-Yau 3-fold X, both are naturally related to the Kahler moduli space M(X). We construct unitary one-matrix models which count such BPS states for a class of toric Calabi-Yau manifolds at infinite 't Hooft coupling. The matrix model for the BPS counting on X turns out to give the topological string partition function for another Calabi-Yau manifold Y, whose Kahler moduli space M(Y) contains two copies of M(X), one related to the BPS charges and another to the stability conditions. The two sets of data are unified in M(Y). The matrix models have a number of other interesting features. They compute spectral curves and mirror maps relevant to the remodeling conjecture. For finite 't Hooft coupling they give rise to yet more general geometry \widetilde{Y} containing Y.