Open-closed string duality from orbifolded conifolds

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2005.02.009MaRDI QIDQ2581865zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Seungjoon Hyun, Kyungho Oh

Publication date 10 January 2006

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0411013

zbMATH Keywords

BranesLarge \(N\) dualitiesOrbifolded conifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We study large N dualities for a class of $calN=1$ theories realized on type IIB D5 branes wrapping 2-cycles of local Calabi-Yau threefolds which is obtained from resolving orbifolded conifolds or as effective field theories on D4 branes in type IIA brane configurations. The field theory is $mathcalN=1$ supersymmetric $prodU(N_{ij})$ Yang-Mills gauge theory. Strong coupling effects are analyzed in the deformed geometry. We propose open-closed string duality via a geometric transition in toric geometry. The T-dual type IIA picture and M-theory lifting are also considered.

Review text

The authors develop further the studies of dualities for field/string theories defined on orbifolded conifolds and their resolved versions, respectively. Such a duality was first observed for Chern-Simons/topological string theory by \textit{R. Gopakumar} and \textit{C. Vafa} [Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 3, No. 5, 1415--1443 (1999; Zbl 0972.81135)] and embedded in type IIA strings by \textit{C. Vafa} [J. Math. Phys. 42, No. 7, 2798--2817 (2001; Zbl 1060.81594)], rendering the topological transition a geometric one between D-branes and strings. There is also a type IIB formulation which has been extended to a large class of geometric transition dualities for various local Calabi-Yau geometries. The subject of the paper is \(N=1\) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory obtained from type IIB D5-branes or type IIA D4-branes. The gauge group is a product of unitary groups obtained from orbifolding the 3-dimensional conifold by the discrete group \(\mathbb{Z}_k \times \mathbb{Z}_l\) and then resolving the singularities. Strong coupling effects are analysed in the deformed geometry and a closed string duality via a geometric transition in toric geometry is proposed. The \(T\)-dual IIA picture and its lift to 11-dimensional \(M\)-theory are also considered.

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