Chiral 2d theories from N = 4 SYM with varying coupling
Abstract
We study 2d chiral theories arising from 4d N = 4 Super-Yang Mills (SYM) with varying coupling τ . The 2d theory is obtained by dimensional reduction of N = 4 SYM on a complex curve with a partial topological twist that accounts for the non-constant τ. The resulting 2d theories can preserve (0 ,n) with n = 2 ,4 ,6 ,8 chiral supersymmetry, and have a natural realization in terms of strings from wrapped D3-branes in F-theory. We determine the twisted dimensional reduction, as well as the spectrum and anomaly polynomials of the resulting strings in various dimensions. We complement this by considering the dual M-theory configurations, which can either be realized in terms of M5-branes wrapped on complex surfaces, or M2-branes on curves that result in 1d supersymmetric quantum mechanics.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- April 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP04(2017)111
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1612.05640
- Bibcode:
- 2017JHEP...04..111L
- Keywords:
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- F-Theory;
- D-branes;
- Supersymmetric Gauge Theory;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 78 pages, 2 figures, v2: references added