Exact results in ABJM theory from topological strings

@article{Mario2010ExactRI,
  title={Exact results in ABJM theory from topological strings},
  author={Marcos Mari{\~n}o and Pavel Putrov},
  journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
  year={2010},
  volume={2010},
  pages={1-21}
}
Recently, Kapustin, Willett and Yaakov have found, by using localization techniques, that vacuum expectation values of Wilson loops in ABJM theory can be calculated with a matrix model. We show that this matrix model is closely related to Chern-Simons theory on a lens space with a gauge supergroup. This theory has a topological string large N dual, and this makes possible to solve the matrix model exactly in the large N expansion. In particular, we find the exact expression for the vacuum… 
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