Geometric dualities in 4d field theories and their 5d interpretation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
We study four-dimensional N=1 gauge theories arising on D3-branes probing toric singularities. Toric dualities and flows between theories corresponding to different singularities are analyzed by encoding the geometric information into (p,q) webs. A new method for identifying global symmetries of the four-dimensional theories using the brane webs is developed. Five-dimensional theories are associated to the theories on the D3-branes by using (p,q) webs. This leads to a novel interpretation of Seiberg duality, as crossing curves of marginal stability in five dimensions.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0207006,
title = {Geometric dualities in 4d field theories and their 5d interpretation},
author = {Sebastian Franco and Amihay Hanany},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0207006},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
32 pages, 21 figures. V2: Replaced with published version