Relating conifold geometries to NS5-branes

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2011.04.003zbMATH Open1215.83056arXiv1101.3552OpenAlexW1986754997MaRDI QIDQ545288FDOQ545288

Jock McOrist, Andrew B. Royston

Publication date: 22 June 2011

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

Abstract: We construct the first known example of a near horizon supergravity solution for a pair of NS5-branes, intersecting on R^{1,3} and localised in all directions except a single transverse circle. We do this by establishing an explicit map between the conifold metric and the near horizon geometry of two intersecting NS5-branes, clarifying and correcting a number of open issues in the literature en route. Our technique is general in nature and may be applied to a whole class of 1/4-BPS five-brane webs and their geometric duals. These 1/4-BPS solutions may have an interesting holographic interpretation in terms of little string theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3552

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50)

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• On the scalar spectrum of the \(Y^{p,q}\) manifolds
• Type IIA Klebanov-Strassler: the hard way
• IIA perspective on cascading gauge theory
• On the quantization constraints for a D3-brane in the geometry of NS5 branes
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• Deformation of conifold and intersecting branes
• Complex geometry of conifolds and a 5-brane wrapped on a 2-sphere
• Generalized Toda theory from six dimensions and the conifold

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