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Gauge theory and the excision of repulson singularities

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: We study brane configurations that give rise to large-$N$ gauge theories with eight supersymmetries and no hypermultiplets. These configurations include a variety of wrapped, fractional, and stretched branes or strings. The corresponding spacetime geometries which we study have a distinct kind of singularity known as a repulson. We find that this singularity is removed by a distinctive mechanism, leaving a smooth geometry with a core having an enhanced gauge symmetry. The spacetime geometry can be related to large-$N$ Seiberg-Witten theory.

Source: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.61.086001

Authors: Clifford V. Johnson, Amanda W. Peet, Joseph Polchinski

Institutions: Durham University, Institute for Advanced Study, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W2040482607

FWCI: 32.87

Cites: 61

Cited by: 327

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