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D-Brane Probes and Mirror Symmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-09-06 v1

Abstract

We study the effect of mirror symmetry for K3 surfaces on D-brane probe physics. The case of elliptically fibered K3 surfaces is considered in detail. In many cases, mirror can transform a singular fiber of Kodaira's type ADE into sets of singular fibers of type I_1 (II) with equal total Euler number, but vanishing contribution to the Picard number of the mirror surface. This provides a geometric model of quantum splitting phenomena. Mirror for three dimensional gauge theories, interchanging Fayet-Iliopoulos and mass terms, is also briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9612104,
  title  = {D-Brane Probes and Mirror Symmetry},
  author = {Cesar Gomez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9612104},
  year   = {2016}
}

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