Conifolds and geometric transitions
From MaRDI portal
Publication:3077045
DOI10.1103/REVMODPHYS.80.1419zbMATH Open1205.81116arXivhep-th/0703289OpenAlexW2053429627MaRDI QIDQ3077045FDOQ3077045
Authors: Rhiannon Gwyn, Anke Knauf 
Publication date: 21 February 2011
Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Conifold geometries have recieved a lot of attention in string theory and string-inspired cosmology recently, in particular the Klebanov-Strassler background that is known as the "warped throat". It is our intention in this article to give a pedagogical explanation for the singularity resolution in this geometry and emphasise its connection to geometric transitions. The first part focuses on the gauge theory dual to the Klebanov-Strassler background, which we also explain from a T-dual intersecting branes scenario. We then make the connection to the Gopakumar-Vafa conjecture for open/closed string duality and summarise a series of papers verifying this model on the supergravity level. An appendix provides extensive background material about conifold geometries. We pay special attention to their complex structures and re-evaluate the supersymmetry conditions on the background flux in constructions with fractional D3-branes on the singular (Klebanov-Tseytlin) and resolved (Pando Zayas-Tseytlin) conifolds. We agree with earlier results that only the singular solution allows a supersymmetric flux, but point out the importance of using the correct complex structure to reach this conclusion.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703289
Recommendations
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)
Cites Work
- Topological sigma models
- The large \(N\) limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity
- Anti de Sitter space and holography
- Kodaira-Spencer theory of gravity and exact results for quantum string amplitudes
- Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M-theory
- Evidence for F-theory
- \(F\)-theory and orientifolds
- Title not available (Why is that?)
- Gauge theory correlators from non-critical string theory
- Topological quantum field theory
- On the gauge theory/geometry correspondence
- On the bound states of \(p\)- and \((p+2)\)-branes
- Electric-magnetic duality in supersymmetric non-abelian gauge theories
- Superconformal field theory on threebranes at a Calabi-Yau singularity
- Brane boxes and branes on singularities
- Matrix models, topological strings, and supersymmetric gauge theories
- Non-Kähler string backgrounds and their five torsion classes
- Mirror symmetry in generalized Calabi-Yau compactifications
- Mirror symmetry is \(T\)-duality
- \(N=2\) superconformal models as topological field theories
- Chern-Simons theory and topological strings
- Geometric constructions of nongeometric string theories
- TOPOLOGICAL STRINGS ON NONCOMMUTATIVE MANIFOLDS
- Supergravity and a confining gauge theory: Duality cascades and \(\chi SB\)-resolution of naked singularities
- A large \(N\) duality via a geometric transition
- Branes and the dynamics of QCD
- Holomorphic D7-branes and flavored \(\mathcal N=1\) gauge theories
- Constructing nongeometric vacua in string theory
- Generalized Kähler manifolds and off-shell supersymmetry
- Superstrings and topological strings at large \(N\).
- Equivalence of geometric engineering and Hanany-Witten via fractional branes.
- Complex geometry of conifolds and a 5-brane wrapped on a 2-sphere
- Gravity duals of fractional branes and logarithmic RG flow.
- Gravity duals of supersymmetric \(\text{SU}(N)\times\text{SU}(N+M)\) gauge theories
- Notes on certain \((0,2)\) correlation functions
- On the geometry of non-trivially embedded branes
- In the realm of the geometric transitions
- Brane constructions, conifolds and M-theory
- Brane configurations for branes at conifolds
- An M-theory flop as a large \(N\) duality.
- Geometric transition, large \(N\) dualities and MQCD dynamics
- Geometric transitions, flops and non-Kähler manifolds. I.
- \(D\)-strings on \(D\)-manifolds
- A \(G_2\) unification of the deformed and resolved conifolds
- Strong coupling dynamics of four-dimensional \(N=1\) gauge theories from \(M\)-theory fivebrane
- Geometric transitions, flops and non-Kähler manifolds. II.
- Baryonic condensates on the conifold
- Mirror symmetries for brane configurations and branes at singularities
- Deformation of conifold and intersecting branes
- Open/closed string dualities and Seiberg duality from geometric transitions in M-theory
- Dipole-deformed bound states and heterotic Kodaira surfaces
- Topological strings in generalized complex space
- Complex/symplectic mirrors
- A note on effective N=1 super-Yang-Mills theories versus lattice results
- Gauge-gravity dualities, dipoles and new non-Kähler manifolds
Cited In (22)
- BPS domain walls in \( \mathcal{N}=4 \) supergravity and dual flows
- Warped Conifolds and Their Applications to Cosmology
- Non-Kähler resolved conifold, localized fluxes in M-theory and supersymmetry
- Sasakian quiver gauge theories and instantons on the conifold
- Scalar and vector mesons of flavor chiral symmetry breaking in the Klebanov-Strassler background
- On geometric transitions in string compactifications
- On aspects of holographic thermal QCD at finite coupling
- Five easy pieces: the dynamics of quarks in strongly coupled plasmas
- Sharp predictions from eternal inflation patches in D-brane inflation
- The evolution of conifolds
- Geometric transitions on non-Kähler manifolds
- Supersymmetric configurations, geometric transitions and new non-Kähler manifolds
- Singularity resolution in gauged supergravity and conifold unification
- Symplectic conifold transitions.
- On the geometry and homology of certain simple stratified varieties
- On character varieties of singular manifolds
- Geometric transitions, flops and non-Kähler manifolds. I.
- Open-closed string duality from orbifolded conifolds
- Topological \(\text{SL}(2)\) gauge theory on conifold
- Tautological systems under the conifold transition on \(G(2,4)\)
- Complex geometry of conifolds and a 5-brane wrapped on a 2-sphere
- Brane/flux annihilation in double-throat system
This page was built for publication: Conifolds and geometric transitions
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3077045)
