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Non-Supersymmetric Gauge Theories from D-Branes in Type 0 String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-07 v2

Abstract

We construct non-supersymmetric four dimensional gauge theories arising as effective theories of D-branes placed on various singularities in Type 0B string theory. We mostly focus on models which are conformal in the large N limit and present both examples appearing on self-dual D3-branes on orbifold singularities and examples including orientifold planes. Moreover, we derive type 0 Hanany-Witten setups with NS 5-branes intersected by D-branes and the corresponding rules for determining the massless spectra. Finally, we discuss possible duality symmetries (Seiberg-duality) for non-supersymmetric gauge theories within this framework.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9906101,
  title  = {Non-Supersymmetric Gauge Theories from D-Branes in Type 0 String Theory},
  author = {Ralph Blumenhagen and Anamaria Font and Dieter Lust},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9906101},
  year   = {2009}
}

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32 pages, harvmac, replaced version: minor typos corrected, refs. added