Field theory questions for string theory answers

Ofer Aharony*, Jacob Sonnenschein, Stefan Theisen, Shimon Yankielowicz

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Abstract

We discuss the field theory of 3-brane probes in F-theory compactifications in two configurations, generalizing the work of Sen and of Banks, Douglas and Seiberg. One configuration involves several parallel 3-brane probes in F-theory compactified on T4/ℤ2. while the other involves a compactification of F-theory on T6/ℤ2×ℝ2 (which includes intersecting D4 singularities). In both cases string theory provides simple pictures of the space-time theory, whose implications for the 3-brane world-volume theories are discussed. In the second case the field theory on the probe is an unusual N = 1 superconformal theory, with exact electric-magnetic duality. Several open questions remain concerning the description of this theory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)177-197
Number of pages21
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume493
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 May 1997

Keywords

  • D-branes
  • F-theory
  • String theory

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