Matrix model superpotentials and ADE singularities

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2008.V12.N2.A4MaRDI QIDQ937374zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Carina Curto

Publication date 14 August 2008

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612172, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.atmp/1210083228

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We use F. Ferrari's methods relating matrix models to Calabi-Yau spaces in order to explain much of Intriligator and Wecht's ADE classification of $N=1$ superconformal theories which arise as RG fixed points of $N=1$ SQCD theories with adjoints. We find that ADE superpotentials in the Intriligator-Wecht classification exactly match matrix model superpotentials obtained from Calabi-Yaus with corresponding ADE singularities. Moreover, in the additional $HatO,HatA,HatD$ and $HatE$ cases we find new singular geometries. These `hat' geometries are closely related to their ADE counterparts, but feature non-isolated singularities. As a byproduct, we give simple descriptions for small resolutions of Gorenstein threefold singularities in terms of transition functions between just two coordinate charts. To obtain these results, we develop an algorithm for blowing down exceptional $P{P}^1$s, described in the appendix.

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