Orbifolds of M-strings
By Babak Haghighat, C. Kozçaz, G. Lockhart, C. Vafa. 2013
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We consider M-theory in the presence of M parallel M5-branes prob- ing a transverse AN−1 singularity. This leads to a superconformal theory with (1,0) supersymmetry in six dimensions. We compute the supersymmetric partition func- tion of this theory on a two-torus, with arbitrary supersymmetry preserving twists, using the topological vertex formalism. Alternatively, we show that this can also be obtained by computing the elliptic genus of an orbifold of recently studied M-strings. The resulting 2d theory is a (4,0) supersymmetric quiver gauge theory whose Higgs branch corresponds to strings propagating on the moduli space of SU(N) M−1 instan- tons on R 4 where the right-moving fermions are coupled to a particular bundle.
Subfields: Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Topology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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In Applied Mathematics
- M. Del Zotto
- C. Vafa
- J. Heckman
- Tom Rudelius
- Marcos Mariño
- L. Rastelli
- Christopher Beem
- Shu-Heng Shao
In Geometry and Topology
In Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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