2003/07/17 by Juan F. G. Cascales, Juan F. G Cascales, Angel M. Uranga +1
Chemistry · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Brane #Brane cosmology #Chemistry #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Duality (order theory) #Flux (metallurgy) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum electrodynamics #String theory #Supersymmetry #T-duality #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2004/01/021
published as JHEP 0401:021,2004 · 30 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2003/07/17 · openalex publication_date 2004/01/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We describe a duality relation between configurations of M5-branes in M-theory and type IIB theory on Taub-NUT geometries with NSNS and RR 3-form field strength fluxes. The flux parameters are controlled by the angles between the M5-brane and the (T)duality directions. For one M5-brane, the duality leads to a family of supersymmetric flux configurations which interpolates between imaginary self-dual fluxes and fluxes similar to the Polchinski-Strassler kind. For multiple M5-branes, the IIB configurations are related to fluxes for twisted sector fields in orbifolds. The dual M5-brane picture also provides a geometric interpretation for several properties of flux configurations (like the supersymmetry conditions, their contribution to tadpoles, etc), and for many non-trivial effects in the IIB side. Among the latter, the dielectric effect for probe D3-branes is dual to the recombination of probe M5-branes with background ones; also, a picture of a decay channel for non-supersymmetric fluxes is suggested.