Global symmetries and 't Hooft anomalies in brane tilings

2006/09/23 by Yosuke Imamura
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/041

published as JHEP0612:041,2006 · 41 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2006/09/23 · openalex publication_date 2006/12/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

We investigate the relation between gauge theories and brane configurations described by brane tilings. We identify U(1)_B (baryonic), U(1)_M (mesonic), and U(1)_R global symmetries in gauge theories with gauge symmetries in the brane configurations. We also show that U(1)_MU(1)_B² and U(1)_RU(1)_B² 't Hooft anomalies are reproduced as gauge transformations of the classical brane action.

Citations

• Brane dimers and quiver gauge theories
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