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Selected writings

On D=5 super Yang-Mills theory from KK-compactification of M-theory on Calabi-Yau 3-folds:

• Cyril Closset, Michele Del Zotto, Vivek Saxena: Five-dimensional SCFTs and gauge theory phases: an M-theory/type IIA perspective, SciPost Phys. 6 052 (2019) [arXiv:1812.10451, doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.6.5.052]

• Vivek Saxena: Rank-two 5d SCFTs from M-theory at isolated toric singularities: a systematic study, High Energ. Phys. 2020 198 (2020) [arXiv:1911.09574doi:10.1007/JHEP04(2020)198]

On T-duality in heterotic string theory and topological modular forms:

• Vivek Saxena: A T-Duality of Non-Supersymmetric Heterotic Strings and an implication for Topological Modular Forms [arXiv:2405.19409]

On a general approach to topological twisting $D=4$ $N=2$ SYM theories based on a notion of transfer of structure group, and proposals for twisting non-Lagrangian theories (such as theories of Class S):

• Gregory W. Moore, Vivek Saxena, Ranveer Kumar Singh: Topological Twisting of 4d $N=2$ Supersymmetric Field Theories [arXiv:2411.14396]

On topologically twisted D=4 super Yang-Mills theory and topologically twisted supergravity:

• Jay Cushing, Gregory W. Moore, Martin Rocek, Vivek Saxena: Superconformal Gravity And The Topology Of Diffeomorphism Groups [arXiv:2311.08394, spire:2722361]

On topological quantum field theory and differential cohomology with applications such as to shifted C-field flux quantization:

• Gregory W. Moore, Vivek Saxena: TASI Lectures On Topological Field Theories And Differential Cohomology, TASI 2023 lecture notes [arXiv:2510.07408]

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