Published May 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Stringy instantons and quiver gauge theories

  • 1. Department of Physics and SLAC, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305-4060 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)

Description

We explore contributions to the 4D effective superpotential which arise from Euclidean D3 branes ('instantons') that intersect space-filling D-branes. These effects can perturb the effective field theory on the space-filling branes by nontrivial operators composed of charged matter fields, changing the vacuum structure in a qualitative way in some examples. Our considerations are exemplified throughout by a careful study of a fractional brane configuration on a del Pezzo surface

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
2007
Journal Page Range
p. 024
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38081361
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BRANES; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; INSTANTONS; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SUPERSYMMETRY; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; QUASI PARTICLES; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; SYMMETRY