1999/11/29 by Clifford V. Johnson, Amanda W. Peet, Joseph Polchinski · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge symmetry #Gauge theory #Geometry #Gravitational singularity #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Singularity #Singularity theory #Spacetime #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.61.086001
published as Phys.Rev.D61:086001,2000 · 31 pages LaTeX, 2 figures (v3: references added)
arxiv created 1999/11/29 · openalex publication_date 2000/03/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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.