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Open mirror symmetry for pfaffian Calabi-Yau 3-folds

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We investigate the open mirror symmetry of certain non-complete intersection Calabi-Yau 3-folds, called pfaffian Calabi-Yau. We predict the number of disk invariants of some examples by using the direct integration method proposed recently and the open mirror symmetry. We treat several pfaffian Calabi-Yau 3-folds and branes with two discrete vacua. Some models have two special points in its moduli space, around both of which we can consider different A-model mirror partners. We compute disc invariants for both cases. This study is the first application of the open mirror symmetry to the compact non-complete intersections in toric variety.

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Shimizu, M., Suzuki, H. Open mirror symmetry for pfaffian Calabi-Yau 3-folds. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 83 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2011)083

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