Aspects of (2,2) and (0,2) hybrid models

TL;DR

This paper develops a localization-based formula for correlators in (2,2) and (0,2) hybrid models, with applications to string compactifications, matching known results and predicting new correlator behaviors.

Contribution

It introduces a new localization method for calculating correlators in hybrid models, applicable to heterotic string compactifications and independent of (2,2) loci.

Findings

Derived a formula for correlators in hybrid models

Confirmed agreement with known results in linear model phases

Predicted correlators involving twisted operators in Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds

Abstract

In this work we study the topological rings of two dimensional (2,2) and (0,2) hybrid models. In particular, we use localization to derive a formula for the correlators in both cases, focusing on the B- and B/2-twists. Although our methods apply to a vast range of hybrid CFTs, we focus on hybrid models suitable for compactifications of the heterotic string. In this case, our formula provides unnormalized Yukawa couplings of the spacetime superpotential. We apply our techniques to hybrid phases of linear models, and we find complete agreement with known results in other phases. We also obtain a prediction for a certain class of correlators involving twisted operators in (2,2) Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds. For (0,2) theories, our argument does not rely on the existence of a (2,2) locus. Finally, we derive vanishing conditions concerning worldsheet instanton corrections in (0,2) B/2-twisted hybrid models.