M-theory onG2manifolds and the method of (p,q) brane webs

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/37/18/011zbMATH Open1050.81629arXivhep-th/0303198OpenAlexW3102240076MaRDI QIDQ4812450FDOQ4812450

Authors: A. Belhaj 

Publication date: 23 August 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using a reformulation of the method of (p,q) webs, we study the four-dimensional N=1 quiver theories from M-theory on seven-dimensional manifolds with G_2 holonomy. We first construct such manifolds as U(1) quotients of eight-dimensional toric hyper-K"ahler manifolds, using N=4 supersymmetric sigma models. We show that these geometries, in general, are given by real cones on �f S^2 bundles over complex two-dimensional toric varieties, cal �f V^2= {{�f C}^{r+2}/ {{�f C}^*}^r}. Then we discuss the connection between the physics content of M-theory on such G_2 manifolds and the method of (p,q) webs. Motivated by a result of Acharya and Witten [hep-th/0109152], we reformulate the method of $(p,q)$ webs and reconsider the derivation of the gauge theories using toric geometry Mori vectors of cal �f V^2 and brane charge constraints. For {�f WP^2}_{w_1,w_2, w_3}, we find that the gauge group is given by G=U(w_1n) imes U(w_2n) imes U(w_3n). This is required by the anomaly cancellation condition.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0303198

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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) Hyper-Kähler and quaternionic Kähler geometry, ``special geometry (53C26) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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• Holonomy groups coming from F-theory compactification
• On correspondences between toric singularities and \((p,q)\)-webs
• Enhanced gauge symmetry from ‘toric’ G₂ cones

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