NEW N=1 SUPERCONFORMAL FIELD-THEORIES IN 4 DIMENSIONS FROM D-BRANE PROBES

Authors
AHARONY O KACHRU S SILVERSTEIN E
Citation
O. Aharony et al., NEW N=1 SUPERCONFORMAL FIELD-THEORIES IN 4 DIMENSIONS FROM D-BRANE PROBES, Nuclear physics. B, 488(1-2), 1997, pp. 159-176
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
488
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
159 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1997)488:1-2<159:NNSFI4>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We present several new examples of non-trivial 4D N = 1 superconformal field theories. Some of these theories exhibit exotic global symmetri es, including non-simply laced groups (such as F-4) They are obtained by studying three-brane probes in F-theory compactifications on ellipt ic Calabi-Yau threefolds. The geometry of the compactification encodes in a simple way the behavior of the gauge coupling and the Kahler pot ential on the Coulomb branch of these theories.