Mirror symmetry

About: Mirror symmetry is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2422 publications have been published within this topic receiving 90786 citations.

Aspects of (0,2) Orbifolds and Mirror Symmetry

Abstract: We study orbifolds of (0,2) models and their relation to (0,2) mirror symmetry. In the Landau-Ginzburg phase of a (0,2) model the superpotential features a whole bunch of discrete symmetries, which by quotient action lead to a variety of consistent (0,2) vacua. We study a few examples in very much detail. Furthermore, we comment on the application of (0,2) mirror symmetry to the calculation of Yukawa couplings in the space-time superpotential.

Dualities in integrable systems: geometrical aspects

Abstract: We discuss geometrical aspects of different dualities in the integrable systems of the Hitchin type and its various generalizations. It is shown that T duality known in the string theory context is related to the separation of variables procedure in dynamical system. We argue that there are analogues of S duality as well as mirror symmetry in the many-body systems of Hitchin type. The different approaches to the double elliptic systems are unified using the geometry behind the Mukai-Odesskii algebra.

Isotropic A-branes and the stability condition

Abstract: The existence of a new kind of branes for the open topological A-model is argued by using the generalized complex geometry of Hitchin and the SYZ picture of mirror symmetry. Mirror symmetry suggests to consider a bi-vector in the normal direction of the brane and a new definition of generalized complex submanifold. Using this definition, it is shown that there exist generalized complex submanifolds which are isotropic in a symplectic manifold. For certain target space manifolds this leads to isotropic A-branes, which should be considered in addition to lagrangian and coisotropic A-branes. The Fukaya category should be enlarged with such branes, which might have interesting consequences for the homological mirror symmetry of Kontsevich. The stability condition for isotropic A-branes is studied using the worldsheet approach.

Whittaker functions, geometric crystals, and quantum Schubert calculus

Abstract: This mostly expository article explores recent developments in the relations between the three objects in the title from an algebro-combinatorial perspective. We prove a formula for Whittaker functions of a real semisimple group as an integral over a geometric crystal in the sense of Berenstein-Kazhdan. We explain the connections of this formula to the program of mirror symmetry of flag varieties developed by Givental and Rietsch; in particular, the integral formula proves the equivariant version of Rietsch's mirror symmetry conjecture. We also explain the idea that Whittaker functions should be thought of as geometric analogues of irreducible characters of finite-dimensional representations.

Properties of static fluid cylinders and plane layers in general relativity

Abstract: Exact solutions of field equations representing static perfect fluid cylinders and plane layers, with possible inclusion of electromagnetic or scalar field, are constructed and discussed. For the case of cylindrical symmetry, conditions at a regular axis are formulated and examples of regular solutions are presented. For planar and pseudoplanar configurations some limitations are obtained concerning existence of mirror symmetry in the thickness direction. These limitations make such symmetry rather unprobable, thus giving evidence that realistic models for equilibrium disklike configurations should be nonstatic (rotating). A configuration described by Teixeira, Wolk, and Som, possessing planar plus mirror symmetry (the case of disordered radiation), is shown to be unphysical.