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Brane Configurations for Three-dimensional Nonabelian Orbifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

We study brane configurations corresponding to D-branes on complex three-dimensional orbifolds C3/Γ{\bf C}^3/\Gamma with Γ=Δ(3n2)\Gamma=\Delta(3n^2) and Δ(6n2)\Delta(6n^2), nonabelian finite subgroups of SU(3). We first construct a brane configuration for C3/Zn×Zn{\bf C}^3/{\bf Z}_n \times {\bf Z}_n by using D3-branes and a web of (p,q) 5-branes of type IIB string theory. Brane configurations for the nonabelian orbifolds are obtained by performing certain quotients on the configuration for C3/Zn×Zn{\bf C}^3/{\bf Z}_n \times {\bf Z}_n. Structure of the quiver diagrams of the groups Δ(3n2)\Delta(3n^2) and Δ(6n2)\Delta(6n^2) can be reproduced from the brane configurations. We point out that the brane configuration for C3/Γ{\bf C}^3/\Gamma can be regarded as a physical realization of the quiver diagram of Γ\Gamma. Based on this observation, we discuss that three-dimensional McKay correspondence may be interpreted as T-duality.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9905230,
  title  = {Brane Configurations for Three-dimensional Nonabelian Orbifolds},
  author = {Tomomi Muto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9905230},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

22 pages, 12 figures, T-duality interpretation of the McKay correspondence added

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