{
  "id": "hep-th/9307158",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1993-07-26T16:00:00.000Z",
  "updated": "1993-07-26T16:00:00.000Z",
  "title": "Topological Amplitudes in String Theory",
  "authors": [
    "I. Antoniadis",
    "E. Gava",
    "K. S. Narain",
    "T. R. Taylor"
  ],
  "comment": "31 pages (LATEX) + 2 figures (available upon request as PS file or hardcopy), NUB-3071 - IC/93/202 - CPTH-A258.0793",
  "journal": "Nucl.Phys. B413 (1994) 162-184",
  "doi": "10.1016/0550-3213(94)90617-3",
  "categories": [
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that certain type II string amplitudes at genus $g$ are given by the topological partition function $F_g$ discussed recently by Bershadsky, Cecotti, Ooguri and Vafa. These amplitudes give rise to a term in the four-dimensional effective action of the form $\\sum_g F_g W^{2g}$, where $W$ is the chiral superfield of $N=2$ supergravitational multiplet. The holomorphic anomaly of $F_g$ is related to non-localities of the effective action due to the propagation of massless states. This result generalizes the holomorphic anomaly of the one loop case which is known to lead to non-harmonic gravitational couplings.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1993-07-26T16:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "topological amplitudes",
      "string theory",
      "non-harmonic gravitational couplings",
      "holomorphic anomaly",
      "four-dimensional effective action"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article",
      "famous paper"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "Elsevier",
      "journal": "Nucl. Phys. B"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 31,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 356484
    }
  }
}