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Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

The Seiberg-Witten solution plays a central role in the study of N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories. As such, it provides a proving ground for a wide variety of techniques to treat such problems. In this review we concentrate on the role of IIA string theory/M theory and the Dijkgraaf-Vafa matrix model, though integrable models and microscopic instanton calculations are also of considerable importance in this subject.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0407179,
  title  = {Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory},
  author = {Stephen G. Naculich and Howard J. Schnitzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0407179},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

14 pages; based on the talk by H. J. Schnitzer at the Deserfest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 3-5 April, 2004; v3: references added