The ABCDEFG of little strings

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2021)092zbMATH Open1466.83124arXiv1711.11065OpenAlexW3172314564MaRDI QIDQ2044902FDOQ2044902

Authors: Nathan Haouzi, Can Kozçaz 

Publication date: 10 August 2021

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Starting from type IIB string theory on an $ADE$ singularity, the $(2,0)$ little string arises when one takes the string coupling $g_s$ to 0. In this setup, we give a unified description of the codimension-two defects of the little string, labeled by a simple Lie algebra $mathfrakg$. Geometrically, these are D5 branes wrapping 2-cycles of the singularity, subject to a certain folding operation when the algebra is non simply-laced. Equivalently, the defects are specified by a certain set of weights of ${}^{L}mathfrakg$, the Langlands dual of $mathfrakg$. As a first application, we show that the instanton partition function of the $mathfrakg$-type quiver gauge theory on the defect is equal to a 3-point conformal block of the $mathfrakg$-type deformed Toda theory in the Coulomb gas formalism. As a second application, we argue that in the $(2,0)$ CFT limit, the Coulomb branch of the defects flows to a nilpotent orbit of $mathfrakg$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.11065

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zbMATH Keywords

brane dynamics in gauge theoriesconformal and W symmetrynonperturbative effectssupersymmetry and duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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