Geometric realizations of BPS states in N = 2 theories

1998/03/31 by Andrei Mikhailov, Nikita Nekrasov, Savdeep Sethi · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(98)80001-1

published as Nucl.Phys. B531 (1998) 345-362 · 23 pages, harvmac; an acknowledgement added

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Abstract

We study the BPS spectrum of the theory on a D3-brane probe in F theory. The BPS states are realized by multi-string configurations in spacetime. Only certain configurations obeying a selection rule give rise to BPS states in the four-dimensional probe theory. Using these string configurations, we determine the spectrum of N=2 SU(2) Yang-Mills. We also explore the relation between multi-string configurations, M theory membranes and self-dual strings.

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