Published December 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Dn quivers from branes

Creators

  • 1. E-mail: kapustin at sns.ias.edu (United States)

Description

D-branes can end on orbifold planes if the action of the orbifold group includes (-1)FL. We consider configurations of D-branes ending on such orbifolds and study the low-energy theory on their worldvolume. We apply our results to gauge theories with eight supercharges in three and four dimensions. We explain how mirror symmetry for N=4 d=3 gauge theories with gauge group Sp(k) and matter in the antisymmetric tensor and fundamental representations follows from S-duality of IIB string theory. We argue that some of these theories have hidden Fayet-Iliopoulos deformations, not visible classically. We also study a class of finite N=2 d=4 theories (so-called Dn quiver theories) and find their exact solution. The integrable model corresponding to the exact solution is a Hitchin system on an orbifold Riemann surface. We also give a simple derivation of the S-duality group of these theories based on their relationship to SO(2n) instantons on R2xT2. (author)

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Available in electronic form only at the Web site of the Journal of High Energy Physics located at http://jhep.sissa.it/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
1998
Journal Page Range
p. vp
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
31018049
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
DUALITY; FIELD THEORIES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; SO GROUPS; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; SYMMETRY GROUPS