Superconformal field theory on threebranes at a Calabi-Yau singularity

Igor R. Klebanov; Edward Witten

doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00654-3

Superconformal field theory on threebranes at a Calabi-Yau singularity

Igor R. Klebanov, Edward Witten

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Abstract

Just as parallel threebranes on a smooth manifold are related to string theory on AdS₅ × S⁵, parallel threebranes near a conical singularity are related to string theory on AdS₅ × X₅, for a suitable X₅. For the example of the conifold singularity, for which X₅ = (SU(2) × SU(2))/U(1), we argue that string theory on AdS₅ × X₅ can be described by a certain N = 1 supersymmetric gauge theory which we describe in detail.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	199-218
Number of pages	20
Journal	Nuclear Physics B
Volume	536
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00654-3
State	Published - Dec 21 1998

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

Anti-deSitter space
Conical singularities
Infrared fixed points
String theory
Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
Threebranes

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