M-theory origin of mirror symmetry in three-dimensional gauge theories

1996/11/24 by Massimo Porrati, M. Porrati, Alberto Zaffaroni +1 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(97)00061-8

published as Nucl.Phys. B490 (1997) 107-120 · 15 pages, Latex

arxiv created 1996/11/24 · openalex publication_date 1997/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We present M-theory compactifications on K3 × K3 with membranes near the An or Dn singularities of the K3 spaces. By realizing each of these compactifications in two different ways as type I′ models with 2- and 6-branes, we explain the three-dimensional duality between gauge theories recently found by Intriligator and Seiberg. We also find new pairs of dual gauge theories, which we briefly describe.

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