Publications (182)
Exact Results for N=2 Compactifications of Heterotic Strings
Shamit Kachru, Cumrun Vafa
Two Dimensional Yang-Mills, Black Holes and Topological Strings
Cumrun Vafa
Perturbative Analysis of Gauged Matrix Models
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Sergei Gukov, Vladimir A. Kazakov +1
Moduli Stabilization in Non-Geometric Backgrounds
Katrin Becker, Melanie Becker, Cumrun Vafa +1
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking in the DSSM
Jonathan J. Heckman, Piyush Kumar, Cumrun Vafa +1
BPS Wall Crossing and Topological Strings
Sergio Cecotti, Cumrun Vafa
D-Branes And Mirror Symmetry
Kentaro Hori, Amer Iqbal, Cumrun Vafa
Topological Strings, D-Model, and Knot Contact Homology
Mina Aganagic, Tobias Ekholm, Lenhard Ng +1
The String Landscape and the Swampland
Cumrun Vafa
Twistorial Topological Strings and a tt* Geometry for N=2 Theories in 4d
Sergio Cecotti, Andrew Neitzke, Cumrun Vafa
Link Homologies and the Refined Topological Vertex
Sergei Gukov, Amer Iqbal, Can Kozcaz +1
Knots, links and branes at large N
J. M. F. Labastida, Marcos Marino, Cumrun Vafa
Geometric Engineering of Quantum Field Theories
Sheldon Katz, Albrecht Klemm, Cumrun Vafa
Quaternion-Kahler spaces, hyperkahler cones, and the c-map
Martin Rocek, Cumrun Vafa, Stefan Vandoren
Minimal Cycles, Black Holes and QFT's
Cumrun Vafa
Toda Theories, Matrix Models, Topological Strings, and N=2 Gauge Systems
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
Topological strings and their physical applications
Andrew Neitzke, Cumrun Vafa
Geometry of N=1 Dualities in Four Dimensions
Hirosi Ooguri, Cumrun Vafa
A Perturbative Window into Non-Perturbative Physics
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
On Geometry and Matrix Models
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
M-Strings
Babak Haghighat, Amer Iqbal, Can Kozcaz +2
Quantum Geometry of Refined Topological Strings
Mina Aganagic, Miranda C. N. Cheng, Robbert Dijkgraaf +2
N=2 Quantum Field Theories and Their BPS Quivers
Murad Alim, Sergio Cecotti, Clay Cordova +3
E + E $\rightarrow$ H
Babak Haghighat, Guglielmo Lockhart, Cumrun Vafa
Mirror Transform and String Theory
Cumrun Vafa
Perturbative Derivation of Mirror Symmetry
Mina Aganagic, Cumrun Vafa
Geometry of Grand Unification
Cumrun Vafa
The Entropic Principle and Asymptotic Freedom
Sergei Gukov, Kirill Saraikin, Cumrun Vafa
CP Violation and F-theory GUTs
Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa
Matrix Models, Topological Strings, and Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
Summing up D-Instantons
Hirosi Ooguri, Cumrun Vafa
Towards a Worldsheet Derivation of the Maldacena Conjecture
Nathan Berkovits, Cumrun Vafa
A Mysterious Duality
Amer Iqbal, Andrew Neitzke, Cumrun Vafa
A One-Loop Test Of String Duality
Cumrun Vafa, Edward Witten
Brane Brick Models in the Mirror
Sebastian Franco, Sangmin Lee, Rak-Kyeong Seong +1
Topological Strings and Integrable Hierarchies
Mina Aganagic, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Albrecht Klemm +2
Quadrality for Supersymmetric Matrix Models
Sebastian Franco, Sangmin Lee, Rak-Kyeong Seong +1
Dual String Pairs With N=1 And N=2 Supersymmetry In Four Dimensions
Cumrun Vafa, Edward Witten
Compactifications of F-Theory on Calabi--Yau Threefolds -- II
David R. Morrison, Cumrun Vafa
Non-Abelian Conifold Transitions and N=4 Dualities in Three Dimensions
Kentaro Hori, Hirosi Ooguri, Cumrun Vafa
On N=1 Yang-Mills in Four Dimensions
Cumrun Vafa
Mirror Symmetry and a $G_2$ Flop
Mina Aganagic, Cumrun Vafa
On the Worldsheet Derivation of Large N Dualities for the Superstring
Nathan Berkovits, Hirosi Ooguri, Cumrun Vafa
Crystal Melting and Black Holes
Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa
Geometric Engineering, Mirror Symmetry and 6d (1,0) -> 4d, N=2
Michele Del Zotto, Cumrun Vafa, Dan Xie
Geometry of 6D RG Flows
Jonathan J. Heckman, David R. Morrison, Tom Rudelius +1
Phase Structure of a Brane/Anti-Brane System at Large N
Jonathan J. Heckman, Jihye Seo, Cumrun Vafa
On the Gauge Theory/Geometry Correspondence
Rajesh Gopakumar, Cumrun Vafa
Framed knots at large N
Marcos Marino, Cumrun Vafa
T-Branes and Monodromy
Sergio Cecotti, Clay Cordova, Jonathan J. Heckman +1
BPS Degeneracies and Superconformal Index in Diverse Dimensions
Amer Iqbal, Cumrun Vafa
The Refined Topological Vertex
Amer Iqbal, Can Kozcaz, Cumrun Vafa
Matrix Models, Geometric Engineering and Elliptic Genera
Timothy J. Hollowood, Amer Iqbal, Cumrun Vafa
Geometric Origin of Montonen-Olive Duality
Cumrun Vafa
Geometrically Induced Phase Transitions at Large N
Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa
The String Landscape, Black Holes and Gravity as the Weakest Force
Nima Arkani-Hamed, Lubos Motl, Alberto Nicolis +1
Rational Conformal Field Theories and Complex Multiplication
Sergei Gukov, Cumrun Vafa
N=1 Supersymmetry, Deconstruction, and Bosonic Gauge Theories
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
Mirror Symmetry and Supermanifolds
Mina Aganagic, Cumrun Vafa
All Loop N=2 String Amplitudes
Hirosi Ooguri, Cumrun Vafa
Two Dimensional Kodaira-Spencer Theory and Three Dimensional Chern-Simons Gravity
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Cumrun Vafa
M-Theory and Topological Strings--I
Rajesh Gopakumar, Cumrun Vafa
Puzzles at Large N
Cumrun Vafa
Hartle-Hawking Wave-Function for Flux Compactifications
Hirosi Ooguri, Cumrun Vafa, Erik Verlinde
Fivebranes and 3-manifold homology
Sergei Gukov, Pavel Putrov, Cumrun Vafa
The Footprint of F-theory at the LHC
Jonathan J. Heckman, Gordon L. Kane, Jing Shao +1
The Topological Vertex
Mina Aganagic, Albrecht Klemm, Marcos Marino +1
N=1 and N=2 Geometry from Fluxes
Freddy Cachazo, Cumrun Vafa
GUTs and Exceptional Branes in F-theory - II: Experimental Predictions
Chris Beasley, Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa
Large N Duality, Mirror Symmetry, and a Q-deformed A-polynomial for Knots
Mina Aganagic, Cumrun Vafa
Black Holes, q-Deformed 2d Yang-Mills, and Non-perturbative Topological Strings
Mina Aganagic, Hirosi Ooguri, Natalia Saulina +1
Compactifications of F-Theory on Calabi--Yau Threefolds -- I
David R. Morrison, Cumrun Vafa
Non-supersymmetric Black Holes and Topological Strings
Kirill Saraikin, Cumrun Vafa
Geometric Engineering of N=1 Quantum Field Theories
Sheldon Katz, Cumrun Vafa
On the Uniqueness of String Theory
Nathan Berkovits, Cumrun Vafa
Type IIB $R^4 H^{4g-4}$ Conjectures
Nathan Berkovits, Cumrun Vafa
Gas of D-Branes and Hagedorn Density of BPS States
Cumrun Vafa
Orientifolds, Mirror Symmetry and Superpotentials
Bobby Acharya, Mina Aganagic, Kentaro Hori +1
Yukawa Couplings in F-theory and Non-Commutative Geometry
Sergio Cecotti, Miranda C. N. Cheng, Jonathan J. Heckman +1
6d String Chains
Abhijit Gadde, Babak Haghighat, Joonho Kim +3
Mirror Symmetry and Closed String Tachyon Condensation
Cumrun Vafa
String Gas Cosmology and Structure Formation
Robert H. Brandenberger, Ali Nayeri, Subodh P. Patil +1
Punctures for Theories of Class $\mathcal{S}_Î$
Jonathan J. Heckman, Patrick Jefferson, Tom Rudelius +1
Strings of Minimal 6d SCFTs
Babak Haghighat, Albrecht Klemm, Guglielmo Lockhart +1
Supersymmetric Gauge Theories, Intersecting Branes and Free Fermions
Robbert Dijkgraaf, Lotte Hollands, Piotr Sulkowski +1
BPS Microstates and the Open Topological String Wave Function
Mina Aganagic, Andrew Neitzke, Cumrun Vafa
Flavor Hierarchy From F-theory
Jonathan J. Heckman, Cumrun Vafa
Quantum Calabi-Yau and Classical Crystals
Andrei Okounkov, Nikolai Reshetikhin, Cumrun Vafa
Non-Unitary Holography
Cumrun Vafa
Matter From Geometry
Sheldon Katz, Cumrun Vafa
On Domain Walls of N=1 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills in Four Dimensions
Bobby Acharya, Cumrun Vafa
Braids, Walls, and Mirrors
Sergio Cecotti, Clay Cordova, Cumrun Vafa
Topological Gravity as Large N Topological Gauge Theory
Rajesh Gopakumar, Cumrun Vafa
Geometric Physics
Cumrun Vafa
Extending Mirror Conjecture to Calabi-Yau with Bundles
Cumrun Vafa
Brane/anti-Brane Systems and U(N|M) Supergroup
Cumrun Vafa
The Point of E_8 in F-theory GUTs
Jonathan J. Heckman, Alireza Tavanfar, Cumrun Vafa
A Stringy Wave Function for an S^3 Cosmology
Sergei Gukov, Kirill Saraikin, Cumrun Vafa
Matrix Model as a Mirror of Chern-Simons Theory
Mina Aganagic, Albrecht Klemm, Marcos Marino +1
Global Anomalies and Geometric Engineering of Critical Theories in Six Dimensions
Michael Bershadsky, Cumrun Vafa