Gauge theories from D7-branes over vanishing 4-cycles

Franco, Sebastian; Torroba, Gonzalo

doi:10.1007/jhep01(2011)017

Gauge theories from D7-branes over vanishing 4-cycles

Franco, Sebastian; Torroba, Gonzalo

Authors

Sebastian Franco

Gonzalo Torroba

Abstract

We study quiver gauge theories on D7-branes wrapped over vanishing holomorphic 4-cycles. We investigate how to incorporate O7-planes and/or flavor D7-branes, which are necessary to cancel anomalies. These theories are chiral, preserve four supercharges and exhibit very rich infrared dynamics. Geometric transitions and duality in the presence of O-planes are analyzed. We study the Higgs branch of these quiver theories, showing the emergence of fuzzy internal dimensions. This branch is related to noncommutative instantons on the divisor wrapped by the seven-branes. Our results have a natural application to the recently introduced F(uzz) limit of F-theory.

Citation

Franco, S., & Torroba, G. (2011). Gauge theories from D7-branes over vanishing 4-cycles. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(01), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282011%29017

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 5, 2011
Deposit Date	Mar 28, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Feb 7, 2014
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN	1126-6708
Publisher	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2011
Issue	01
Article Number	17
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282011%29017
Keywords	Brane dynamics in Gauge theories, D-branes.

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