# Gauge theory, topological strings, and S-duality

@article{Kapustin2004GaugeTT,
title={Gauge theory, topological strings, and S-duality},
author={Anton Kapustin},
journal={Journal of High Energy Physics},
year={2004},
volume={2004},
pages={034-034}
}
• A. Kapustin
• Published 5 April 2004
• Mathematics
• Journal of High Energy Physics
We offer a derivation of the duality between the topological U(1) gauge theory on a Calabi-Yau 3-fold and the topological A-model on the same manifold. This duality was conjectured recently by Iqbal, Nekrasov, Okounkov, and Vafa. We deduce it from the S-duality of the IIB superstring. We also argue that the mirror version of this duality relates the topological B-model on a Calabi-Yau 3-fold and a topological sector of the Type IIA Little String Theory on the same manifold.
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