Supergravity and 'new' six-dimensional gauge theories

Mohsen Alishahiha, Yaron Oz*

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Abstract

In the first part of this Letter, we analyse the supergravity dual descriptions of six-dimensional field theories realized on the worldvolume of (p, q) five-branes (OD5 theory). We show that in order for the low-energy gauge theory description to be valid the θ parameter must be rational. Irrational values of θ require a strongly coupled string description of the system at low-energy. We discuss the phase structure and deduce some properties of these theories. In the second part we construct and study the supergravity description of NS5-branes with two electric RR field, which provides a dual description of six-dimensional theories with several light open D-brane excitations. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)418-426
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume495
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Dec 2000
Externally publishedYes

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