M-theory and Seiberg-Witten curves: orthogonal and symplectic groups

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00531-2zbMATH Open0934.81050arXivhep-th/9705232OpenAlexW2025587799WikidataQ60660998 ScholiaQ60660998MaRDI QIDQ1367571FDOQ1367571

Shimon Yankielowicz, Andreas Brandhuber, J. Sonnenschein, Stefan Theisen

Publication date: 24 September 1997

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

Abstract: We discuss N=2 supersymmetric Type IIA brane configurations within M theory. This is a generalization of the work of Witten to all classical groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705232

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann surfacestring theorysupersymmetric gauge theory

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) Special algebraic curves and curves of low genus (14H45)

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• Seiberg-Witten curves with \(\mathrm{O}7^\pm\)-planes
• ABCD of 't Hooft operators
• The moduli space of vacua of \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) class \( \mathcal{S} \) theories
• Tinkertoys for the \(D_N\) series
• M5-branes, toric diagrams and gauge theory duality
• Punctures for theories of class \( {\mathcal{S}}_{\Gamma} \)
• M(ore) on chiral gauge theories from D-branes
• Classification of 4d \( \mathcal{N} \) =2 gauge theories
• Branes and the dynamics of QCD
• D0-branes, constrained instantons and \(D=4\) super Yang-Mills theories
• ABCD of qq-characters
• From SO/Sp instantons to W-algebra blocks
• Hitchin equation, singularity, and \(N\) = 2 superconformal field theories
• Branes and \(N=2\) theories in two dimensions.
• M theory, type IIA string and 4D \(N=1\) SUSY \(\text{SU}(N_L)\otimes\text{SU}(N_R)\) gauge theory
• Branes and dynamical supersymmetry breaking.
• Gauge fields and M-fivebrane dynamics
• Properties of period integrals of complex algebraic curves
• Green-Schwarz automorphisms and 6D SCFTs
• NON-ABELIAN POISSON MANIFOLDS FROM D-BRANES
• \(N=4\) dualities
• Chiral symmetry from type IIA branes
• Branes and the dynamics of QCD
• Elliptic models and M-theory
• A note on superconformal \(N=2\) theories and orientifolds
• Monopole condensation and confining phase of \(N=1\) gauge theories via M-theory fivebrane
• Supersymmetric gauge theories with classical groups via M theory fivebrane
• NONCOMMUTATIVE MANIFOLDS FROM THE HIGGS SECTOR OF COINCIDENT D-BRANES
• The ABCDEFG of instantons and W-algebras
• On the brane configuration of \(N=(4,4)\) 2D supersymmetric gauge theories
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• Tinkertoys for the twisted D-series
• \(N=2\) generalized superconformal quiver gauge theory
• Branes and vector-like supersymmetry breaking theories with gauged global symmetry
• <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mn /></mml:math>field theory duality from<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>M</mml:mi></mml:math>theory
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• BPS states and minimal surfaces.
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• M theory fivebrane and confining phase of \(N=1\) \(\text{SO}(N_c)\) gauge theories
• Thermodynamic limit of Nekrasov partition function for 5-brane web with \(O5\)-plane

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