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T-dualising the Deformed and Resolved Conifold

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v2

Abstract

In a previous paper we used T-duality to construct a new type of 1/4-BPS solution describing a pair of NS5-branes intersecting in 1+3 dimensions and localised in all other directions except for a single transverse circle. This led to an explicit solution to a sourced Monge--Ampere equation, of which there are few known examples. In this paper we refine this formalism and apply it to two important generalisations: the resolved and deformed conifolds. In doing so we construct two new solutions describing, respectively, a pair of NS5-branes separated in a transverse direction and a pair of NS5-branes with smooth `diamond' profile. We show how the parameter of the resolved conifold (size of the S^2) maps to a transverse separation of the NS5-branes, while the modulus of the deformed conifold (size of the S^3) maps to the deformation parameter of the diamond web.

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@article{arxiv.1107.5895,
  title  = {T-dualising the Deformed and Resolved Conifold},
  author = {Jock McOrist and Andrew B. Royston},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.5895},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

57 pages, 1 figure; v2: typos fixed

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