M theory, type IIA string and 4D N = 1 SUSY SU(NL) ⊗ SU(NR) gauge theory

Amit Giveon*, Oskar Pelc

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Abstract

SU(NL) ⊗ SU(NR) gauge theories are investigated as effective field theories on D4-branes in type IIA string theory. The classical gauge configuration is shown to match quantitatively with a corresponding classical U(NL) ⊗ U(NR) gauge theory. Quantum effects freeze the U(1) gauge factors and turn some parameters into moduli. The SU(NL) ⊗ SU(NR) quantum model is realized in M theory. Starting with an N = 2 configuration (parallel NS 5-branes), the rotation of a single NS 5-brane is considered. Generically, this leads to a complete lifting of the Coulomb moduli space. The implications of this result to field theory and the dynamics of branes are discussed. When the initial M 5-brane is reducible, part of the Coulomb branch may survive. Some such situations are considered, leading to curves describing the effective gauge couplings for N = 1 models. The generalization to models with more gauge group factors is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)103-147
Number of pages45
JournalNuclear Physics B
Volume512
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Feb 1998

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are grateful to Shmuel Elitzur, David Kutasov, Yaron Oz and Eliezer Rabinovici for helpful discussions. This work is supported in part by BSF - American-Israel BiNational Science Foundation, and by the Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities - Centers of Excellence Program. A.G. thanks the Theory Division at CERN for hospitality.

Keywords

  • D-branes
  • Gauge theory
  • String theory
  • Supersymmetry

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