Branes and mirror symmetry in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions

被引:100
作者
deBoer, J [1 ]
Hori, K [1 ]
Oz, Y [1 ]
Yin, Z [1 ]
机构
[1] ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATL LAB,THEORET PHYS GRP,BERKELEY,CA 94720
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
supersymmetric gauge theory; mirror symmetry; non-perturbative method; superpotential; p-brane; string theory;
D O I
10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00444-6
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We use brane configurations and SL(2,Z) symmetry of the type IIB string to construct mirror N = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories in three dimensions. The mirror map exchanges Higgs and Coulomb branches, Fayet-Iliopoulos and mass parameters and U(1)(R) symmetries. Some quantities that are determined at the quantum level in one theory are determined at the classical level of the mirror. One such example is the complex structure of the Coulomb branch of one theory, which is determined quantum mechanically. It is mapped to the complex structure of the Higgs branch of the mirror theory, which is determined classically. We study the generation of N = 2 superpotentials by open D-string instantons in the brane configurations. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:107 / 124
页数:18
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