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Ambreen Ahmed

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Comments on the little string partition functions of $K3\times T^2$ via the refined topological vertex

We compute partition functions of the deformed multiple M5-branes theory on $K3\times T^2$ using the refined topological vertex formalism and the Borcherds lift. The deformation is related to the mass deformation in the corresponding four dimensional $N=4$ $SU(N)$ gauge theory on $K3$. The seed of the Borcherd-lift is calculated by taking the universal part of the type IIb little string free energy of the CY3-fold $X_{N,1}$. We provide explicit modular covariant expressions, as expansions in the mass parameter $m$, of the genus two Siegel modular forms produced by the Borcherds lift of the first few seed functions. We also discuss the relation between genus-one free energy and Ray-Singer Torsion, and the automorphic properties of the latter.

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Degeneration of Topological String partition functions and Mirror curves of the Calabi-Yau threefolds $X_{N,M}$

In this paper we study certain degenerations of the mirror curves, associated with Calabi-Yau threefolds $X_{N,M}$, and the effect of these degenerations on the topological string partition function of $X_{N,M}$. We show that when the mirror curve degenerates and become the union of the lower genus curves the corresponding partition function factorizes into pieces corresponding to the components of the degenerate mirror curve. Moreoever we show that using degeneration of a generalised mirror curve it is possible to obtain the partition function corresponding to $X_{N,M-1}$ from $X_{N,M}$.

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Bound States of Little Strings and Symmetric Orbifold CFTs

We study BPS bound states of little strings in a limit where they realise monopole strings in five dimensional gauge theories. The latter have gauge group $U(M)^N$ and arise from compactification of $(1,0)$ little string theories of type $A_{M-1} \times A_{N-1}$. We find evidence that the partition function of a certain subclass of monopole strings of charge $(k,\ldots,k)$ ($k\geq 1$) is expressible as the partition function of a symmetric orbifold sigma model, whose target space is precisely the symmetric product of the moduli space of monopoles with charge $(1, \ldots, 1)$.

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