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Geometric Construction of N=2 Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

In this lecture we give an elementary introduction to the natural realization of non-perturbative N=2 quantum field theories as a low energy limit of classical string theory. We review a systematic construction of six, five, and four dimensional gauge theories using geometrical data, which provides the exact, non-perturbative solution via mirror symmetry. This construction has lead to the exact solution of a large class of gravity free gauge theories, including Super Yang Mills (SYM) theories as well as non-conventional quantum field theories without a known Lagrangian description.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9807096,
  title  = {Geometric Construction of N=2 Gauge Theories},
  author = {P. Mayr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9807096},
  year   = {2015}
}

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35 pages, harvmac, 20 figures