M-THEORY ORIGIN OF MIRROR SYMMETRY IN 3-DIMENSIONAL GAUGE-THEORIES

Authors
PORRATI M ZAFFARONI A
Citation
M. Porrati et A. Zaffaroni, M-THEORY ORIGIN OF MIRROR SYMMETRY IN 3-DIMENSIONAL GAUGE-THEORIES, Nuclear physics. B, 490(1-2), 1997, pp. 107-120
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
490
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
107 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1997)490:1-2<107:MOOMSI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We present M-theory compactifications on K-3 x K-3 with membranes near the A(n) or D-n singularities of the K-3 spaces, By realizing each of these compactifications in two different ways as type I' models with 2- and 6-branes, we explain the three-dimensional duality between gaug e theories recently found by Intriligator and Seiberg. We also find ne w pairs of dual gauge theories, which we briefly describe. (C) 1997 El sevier Science B.V.