M theory tested by N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory
Jun, 2000
16 pages
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- hep-th/0006141 [hep-th]
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- BRX-TH-473,
- BOW-PH-117,
- HUTP-00-A018
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Abstract:
Methods are reviewed for computing the instanton expansion of the prepotential for N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory with non-hyperelliptic curves. These results, when compared with the instanton expansion obtained from the microscopic Lagrangian, provide detailed tests of M-theory. Group theoretic regularities of F_ 1-inst allow one to "reverse engineer" a Seiberg-Witten curve for SU(N) with two antisymmetric representations and N_f \leq 3 fundamental hypermultiplet representations, a result not yet available by other methods. Consistency with M-theory requires a curve of infinite order.- talk: Montreal 2000/03/22
- gauge field theory: SU(N)
- supersymmetry
- Seiberg-Witten model
- M-theory
- Riemann surface
- perturbation theory: higher-order
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