New curves from branes

We consider configurations of Neveu-Schwarz fivebranes, Dirichlet fourbranes and an orientifold sixplane in type IIA string theory. Upon lifting the configuration to M-theory and proposing a description of how to include the effects of the orientifold sixplane we derive the curves describing the Cou...

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Published in:Nuclear physics. B 1998-04, Vol.516 (1), p.273-296
Main Authors: Landsteiner, Karl, Lopez, Esperanza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Branes
Duality
Supersymmetric gauge theories
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Summary:We consider configurations of Neveu-Schwarz fivebranes, Dirichlet fourbranes and an orientifold sixplane in type IIA string theory. Upon lifting the configuration to M-theory and proposing a description of how to include the effects of the orientifold sixplane we derive the curves describing the Coulomb branch of N = 2 gauge theories with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups, product gauge groups of the form ⊗ i SU(k i) ⋇ SO(N) and ⊗ i SU(k i) ⋇ Sp (N) . We also propose new curves describing theories with unitary gauge groups and matter in the symmetric or antisymmetric representation.
ISSN:0550-3213
1873-1562
DOI:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00022-4