Field theory questions for string theory answers

Aharony, Ofer; Sonnenschein, Jacob; Theisen, Stefan; Yankielowicz, Shimon

doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00104-1

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Field theory questions for string theory answers

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Theisen, Stefan
Quantum Gravity & Unified Theories, AEI-Golm, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Aharony, O., Sonnenschein, J., Theisen, S., & Yankielowicz, S. (1997). Field theory questions for string theory answers. Nuclear Physics B, 493(1-2), 177-197. doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00104-1.

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We discuss the field theory of 3-brane probes in F-theory compactifications in two configurations, generalizing the work of Sen and of Banks, Douglas and Seiberg. One configuration involves several parallel 3-brane probes in F-theory compactified on Image , while the other invloves a compactification of F-theory on Image (which includes intersecting D4 singularities). In both cases string theory provides simple pictures of the space-time theory, whose implications for the 3-brane world-volume theories are discussed. In the second case the field theory on the probe is an unusual N = 1 superconformal theory, with exact electric-magnetic duality. Several open questions remain concerning the description of this theory.