From M-theory to F-theory, with Branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v2
Abstract
A duality relationship between certain brane configurations in type IIA and type IIB string theory is explored by exploiting the geometrical origins of each theory in M-theory. The configurations are dual ways of realising the non-perturbative dynamics of a four dimensional N=2 supersymmetric SU(2) gauge theory with four or fewer favours of fermions in the fundamental, and the spectral curve which organizes these dynamics plays a prominent role in each case. This is an illustration of how non-trivial F-theory backgrounds follow from M-theory ones, hopefully demystifying somewhat the origins of the former.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9706155,
title = {From M-theory to F-theory, with Branes},
author = {Clifford V. Johnson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9706155},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
20 pages, harvmac.tex (b), epsf.tex for decoration (Two references added. Fixed a few comments.)