Three-dimensional SCFT from M2-branes at conifold singularities

Oct, 1998
13 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 02 (1999) 025
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Report number:
  • BROWN-HET-1148

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Abstract:
Recently it was conjectured that parallel branes at conical singularities are related to string/M theory on AdS×XAdS \times X where XX is an Einstein manifold. In this paper we consider coincident M2 branes near a conifold singularity when M theory is compactified on AdS4×Q1,1,1AdS_4 \times Q^{1,1,1} where Q1,1,1=(SU(2)×SU(2)×SU(2))/(U(1)×U(1))Q^{1,1,1} = (SU(2) \times SU(2) \times SU(2))/(U(1) \times U(1)) is a seven dimensional Sasaki-Einstein manifold. We argue that M theory on AdS4×Q1,1,1AdS_4 \times Q^{1,1,1} can be described in terms of a three dimensional superconformal field theory.We use the fact that the three dimensional self-mirror duality is preserved by exact marginal operators, as observed by Strassler.
  • field theory: conformal
  • membrane model
  • conifold: singularity
  • M-theory
  • supersymmetry
  • horizon