2002/07/31 by Sebastián Franco, Sebastian Franco, Amihay Hanany · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Field (mathematics) #Field theory (psychology) #Gauge theory #Gravitational singularity #Homogeneous space #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Interpretation (philosophy) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Stability (learning theory) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2003/04/043
published as JHEP 0304 (2003) 043 · 32 pages, 21 figures. V2: Replaced with published version
openalex publication_date 2003/04/25 · arxiv created 2003/12/11 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study four-dimensional N=1 gauge theories arising on D3-branes probing toric singularities. Toric dualities and flows between theories corresponding to different singularities are analyzed by encoding the geometric information into (p,q) webs. A new method for identifying global symmetries of the four-dimensional theories using the brane webs is developed. Five-dimensional theories are associated to the theories on the D3-branes by using (p,q) webs. This leads to a novel interpretation of Seiberg duality, as crossing curves of marginal stability in five dimensions.