A STRONG-COUPLING TEST OF S-DUALITY

被引:715
作者
VAFA, C [1 ]
WITTEN, E [1 ]
机构
[1] INST ADV STUDY,SCH NAT SCI,PRINCETON,NJ 08540
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0550-3213(94)90097-3
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
By studying the partition function of N = 4 topologically twisted supersymmetric Yang-Mills on four-manifolds, we make an exact strong coupling test of the Montonen-Olive strong-weak duality conjecture. Unexpected and exciting links are found with two-dimensional rational conformal field theory.
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页数:75
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