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Alpha- and Omega-Deformations from fluxes in M-Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-22 v2

Abstract

We discuss an SL(2,R) family of deformed N=2 four-dimensional gauge theories which we derive from a flux background in M-theory. In addition to the Omega-deformation this family includes a new deformation, which we call the Alpha-deformation, which can be viewed as an S-dual to the Omega-deformation. We study these gauge theories in two ways: by constructing a non-Abelian (but UV-complete) Lagrangian, and by their strong coupling lift to M-theory where their low-energy dynamics can be determined by examining the equation of motion of a single M5-brane wrapped on a Riemann surface.

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@article{arxiv.1409.1219,
  title  = {Alpha- and Omega-Deformations from fluxes in M-Theory},
  author = {Neil Lambert and Domenico Orlando and Susanne Reffert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.1219},
  year   = {2015}
}

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25 pages. Typos corrected. Reference added. JHEP version