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A Note on Seiberg Duality for $N_{f} < N_{c}$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-02-11 v2

Abstract

We consider SQCD for Nf<NcN_{f}<N_{c}. We use a brane configuration in type IIA string theory to propose a Seiberg dual. The brane configuration that realises the magnetic theory contains NfN_{f} branes and NcNfN_{c}-N_{f} \textit{anti}-branes, leading to an SU(NcNf)SU(N_{c}-N_{f}) gauge theory with NfN_{f} flavours. The potential between the branes triggers a RG flow and we argue that the IR theory realises the Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential. We use both field theory arguments, in particular anomaly matching, and a lift of the type IIA brane configuration to M-theory, in order to support our proposal.

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@article{arxiv.2410.00128,
  title  = {A Note on Seiberg Duality for $N_{f} < N_{c}$},
  author = {Adi Armoni and Ricardo Stuardo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00128},
  year   = {2025}
}

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v1: 13 pages, 3 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T19:02:57.251Z