1998/11/30 by Keshav Dasgupta, Sunil Mukhi · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Conifold #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #D-brane #Field (mathematics) #Field theory (psychology) #Geometry #Homogeneous space #Limit (mathematics) #M-theory #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Metric (unit) #Moduli #Moduli space #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Simple (philosophy) #Singularity #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(99)00206-0
published as Nucl.Phys.B551:204-228,1999 · 31 pages, harvmac (b), 10 eps figures; Minor clarifications and corrections, final version, to appear in Nuclear Physics B
arxiv created 1999/05/20 · openalex publication_date 1999/06/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We show that a set of parallel 3-brane probes near a conifold singularity can be mapped onto a configuration of intersecting branes in type IIA string theory. The field theory on the probes can be explicitly derived from this formulation. The intersecting-brane metric for our model is obtained using various dualities and related directly to the conifold metric. The M-theory limit of this model is derived and turns out to be remarkably simple. The global symmetries and counting of moduli are interpreted in the M-theory picture.