F-theory, geometric engineering and N=1 dualities

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00392-1zbMATH Open0925.14018arXivhep-th/9612052MaRDI QIDQ1371583FDOQ1371583

Authors: M. Bershadsky, Andrei Johansen, Tony Pantev, V. Sadov, Cumrun Vafa 

Publication date: 29 October 1997

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

Abstract: We consider geometric engineering of N=1 supersymmetric QFTs with matter in terms of a local model for compactification of F-theory on Calabi-Yau fourfold. By bringing 3-branes near 7-branes we engineer N=1 supersymmetric $SU(N_c)$ gauge theory with $N_f$ flavors in the fundamental. We identify the Higgs branch of this system with the instanton moduli space on the compact four dimensional space of the 7-brane worldvolume. Moreover we show that the Euclidean 3-branes wrapped around the compact part of the 7-brane worldvolume can generate superpotential for $N_f=N_c-1$ as well as lead to quantum corrections to the moduli space for $N_f=N_c$. Finally we argue that Seiberg's duality for N=1 supersymmetric QCD may be mapped to T-duality exchanging 7-branes with 3-branes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9612052

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zbMATH Keywords

F-theory compactificationT-dualityfundamental representationsSeiberg dualityCalabi Yau fourfoldHiggs branchlocal compactification modelN=1 SUSY quantum field theorieswrapped Euclidean 3 branes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector bundles on surfaces and higher-dimensional varieties, and their moduli (14J60) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Compact complex (n)-folds (32J18) Applications of compact analytic spaces to the sciences (32J81)

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