Three-dimensional N=2 gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau four-folds

被引：20
作者：
Diaconescu, DE
Gukov, S
机构：
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Joseph Henry Labs, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
来源：
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1998年 / 535卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
four-folds; gauge theories; degenerations;
D O I：
10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00597-5
中图分类号：
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
lThree-dimensional N = 2 gauge theories with arbitrary gauge group and fundamental flavors are engineered from degenerations of Calabi-Yau four-folds. We show how Coulomb and Higgs branches emerge in the geometric picture. The analysis of instanton generated superpotentials unravels interesting aspects of the five-brane effective action in M-theory, (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码：171 / 196
页数：26
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