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Topological strings, D-model, and knot contact homology

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Aganagic, M; Ekholm, T; Ng, L; Vafa, C
Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
January 1, 2014

We study the connection between topological strings and contact homology recently proposed in the context of knot invariants. In particular, we establish the proposed relation between the Gromov- Witten disk amplitudes of a Lagrangian associated to a knot and augmentations of its contact homology algebra. This also implies the equality between the Q-deformed A-polynomial and the augmentation polynomial of knot contact homology (in the irreducible case). We also generalize this relation to the case of links and to higher rank representations for knots. The generalization involves a study of the quantum moduli space of special Lagrangian branes with higher Betti numbers probing the Calabi-Yau. This leads to an extension of SYZ, and a new notion of mirror symmetry, involving higher dimensional mirrors. The mirror theory is a topological string, related to D-modules, which we call the "D-model". In the present setting, the mirror manifold is the augmentation variety of the link. Connecting further to contact geometry, we study intersection properties of branches of the augmentation variety guided by the relation to D-modules. This study leads us to propose concrete geometric constructions of Lagrangian fillings for links. We also relate the augmentation variety with the large N limit of the colored HOMFLY, which we conjecture to be related to a Qdeformation of the extension of A-polynomials associated with the link complement.

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Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

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1095-0753

ISSN

1095-0761

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

Volume

18

Issue

4

Start / End Page

827 / 956

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Aganagic, M., Ekholm, T., Ng, L., & Vafa, C. (2014). Topological strings, D-model, and knot contact homology. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 18(4), 827–956. https://doi.org/10.4310/ATMP.2014.v18.n4.a3
Aganagic, M., T. Ekholm, L. Ng, and C. Vafa. “Topological strings, D-model, and knot contact homology.” Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 18, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 827–956. https://doi.org/10.4310/ATMP.2014.v18.n4.a3.
Aganagic M, Ekholm T, Ng L, Vafa C. Topological strings, D-model, and knot contact homology. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 2014 Jan 1;18(4):827–956.
Aganagic, M., et al. “Topological strings, D-model, and knot contact homology.” Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, vol. 18, no. 4, Jan. 2014, pp. 827–956. Scopus, doi:10.4310/ATMP.2014.v18.n4.a3.
Aganagic M, Ekholm T, Ng L, Vafa C. Topological strings, D-model, and knot contact homology. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. 2014 Jan 1;18(4):827–956.

Published In

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

DOI

EISSN

1095-0753

ISSN

1095-0761

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

Volume

18

Issue

4

Start / End Page

827 / 956

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics