Published September 6, 1999 | Version v1
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N = 2 superconformal field theory with ADE global symmetry on a D3-brane probe

Description

We study mass deformations of N = 2 superconformal field theories with ADE global symmetries on a D3-brane. The N = 2 Seiberg-Witten curves with ADE symmetries are determined by the Type IIB 7-brane backgrounds which are probed by a D3-brane. The Seiberg-Witten differentials λ for these ADE theories are constructed. We show that the poles of A with residues are located on the global sections of the bundle in an elliptic fibration. It is then clearly seen how the residues transform in an irreducible representation of the ADE groups. The explicit form of A depends on the choice of a representation of the residues. Nevertheless the physics results are identical irrespective of the representation of λ. This is considered as the global symmetry version of the universality found in N = 2 Yang-Mills theory with local ADE gauge symmetries

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PII
S0550321399003430;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
556
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 115-151
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34082536
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL GROUPS; DE SITTER GROUP; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MEMBRANES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.