Meta-stable brane configurations with multiple NS5-branes

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Abstract

Starting from an N = 1 supersymmetric electric gauge theory with the multiple product gauge group and the bifundamentals, we apply Seiberg dual to each gauge group, obtain the N = 1 supersymmetric dual magnetic gauge theories with dual matters including the gauge singlets. Then we describe the intersecting brane configurations, where there are NS-branes and D4-branes (and anti-D4-branes), of type IIA string theory corresponding to the meta-stable nonsupersymmetric vacua of this gauge theory. We also discuss the case where the orientifold 4-planes are added into the above brane configuration. Next, by adding an orientifold 6-plane, we apply to an N = 1 supersymmetric electric gauge theory with the multiple product gauge group (where a single symplectic or orthogonal gauge group is present) and the bifundamentals. Finally, we describe the other cases where the orientifold 6-plane intersects with NS-brane.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5051-5120
Number of pages70
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics A
Volume24
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Oct 2009

Keywords

  • Brane configuration
  • Gauge theory
  • Metastability
  • NS5-brane
  • Type IIA string theory

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