Supersymmetric Gauge Theories, Intersecting Branes and Free Fermions

Journal article

We show that various holomorphic quantities in supersymmetric gauge theories can be conveniently computed by configurations of D4-branes and D6-branes. These D-branes intersect along a Riemann surface that is described by a holomorphic curve in a complex surface. The resulting I-brane carries two-dimensional chiral fermions on its world-volume. This system can be mapped directly to the topological string on a large class of non-compact Calabi-Yau manifolds. Inclusion of the string coupling constant corresponds to turning on a constant B-field on the complex surface, which makes this space non-commutative. Including all string loop corrections the free fermion theory is elegantly formulated in terms of holonomic D-modules that replace the classical holomorphic curve in the quantum case.

Authors: Dijkgraaf, R; Hollands, L; Sulkowski, P; Vafa, C

• Journal: JHEP
• Volume: 0802
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 106
• Publication date: 2007-09-27
• DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/106
• EISSN: 1029-8479
• ISSN: 1126-6708
• Language: English
• Keywords: hep-th