Probing non-perturbative effects in M-theory on orientifolds
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-02-17 v1
Abstract
Using holography, we study non-perturbative effects in M-theory on orientifolds from the analysis of the S^3 partition functions of dual field theories. We consider the S^3 partition functions of N=4 Yang-Mills theory with O(n) gauge symmetry coupled to one (anti)symmetric and N_f fundamental hypermultiplets from the Fermi gas approach. In addition to the worldsheet instanton and membrane instanton corrections to the grand potential, which are also present in the U(n) Yang-Mills case, we find that there exist "half instanton" corrections coming from the effect of orientifold plane.
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@article{arxiv.1511.02635,
title = {Probing non-perturbative effects in M-theory on orientifolds},
author = {Kazumi Okuyama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.02635},
year = {2016}
}
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31 pages, 7 figures