Exceptional SW geometry from ALE fibrations

1996/08/28 by W. Lerche, Nicholas P. Warner, N. P. Warner · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(98)00106-3

published as Phys.Lett. B423 (1998) 79-86

arxiv created 1996/08/28 · openalex publication_date 1998/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We show that the genus 34 Seiberg-Witten curve underlying N=2 Yang-Mills theory with gauge group E₆ yields physically equivalent results to the manifold obtained by fibration of the E₆ ALE singularity. This reconciles a puzzle raised by N=2 string duality.

Citations

• Exact results for N = 2 compactifications of heterotic strings

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