Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten via fractional branes.

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00509-4zbMATH Open1078.81551arXivhep-th/9803232OpenAlexW3098516622WikidataQ104552493 ScholiaQ104552493MaRDI QIDQ1570690FDOQ1570690

Douglas J. Smith, Dieter Lüst, Andreas Karch

Publication date: 11 July 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an explicit relation between the Hanany-Witten and Geometric Engineering approaches of realising gauge theories in string theory. The last piece in the puzzle is a T-duality relating arbitrary Hanany-Witten setups and fractional branes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9803232

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60)

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