TY - JOUR
T1 - Supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric Seiberg-like dualities for gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten theories, realised on branes
AU - Ireson, E.
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PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - In this work we extend the results of previous derivations of Seiberg-like dualities (level-rank duality) between gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten theories. The arguments in use to identify a potential dual for the supersymmetric WZW theory based on the coset U(N+M)k/U(N)k can be extended to be applied to a wider variety of gauge groups, notably USp(2N+2M)2k/USp(2N)2k and SO(2N+2M)2kSO(2N)2k, which will be dealt with briefly. Most interestingly, non-supersymmetric versions of the latter theories can also be shown to have duals in a similar fashion. These results are supported by several pieces of evidence, string phenomenological interpretations of Seiberg duality, even in non-supersymmetric backgrounds, are helpful to justify the formulation, then, from field theory, quantities such as central charges or Witten indices are shown to match exactly. The stability of these non-supersymmetric models is also discussed and shown to be consistent.
AB - In this work we extend the results of previous derivations of Seiberg-like dualities (level-rank duality) between gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten theories. The arguments in use to identify a potential dual for the supersymmetric WZW theory based on the coset U(N+M)k/U(N)k can be extended to be applied to a wider variety of gauge groups, notably USp(2N+2M)2k/USp(2N)2k and SO(2N+2M)2kSO(2N)2k, which will be dealt with briefly. Most interestingly, non-supersymmetric versions of the latter theories can also be shown to have duals in a similar fashion. These results are supported by several pieces of evidence, string phenomenological interpretations of Seiberg duality, even in non-supersymmetric backgrounds, are helpful to justify the formulation, then, from field theory, quantities such as central charges or Witten indices are shown to match exactly. The stability of these non-supersymmetric models is also discussed and shown to be consistent.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2015.10.023
DO - 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2015.10.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947799396
SN - 0550-3213
VL - 902
SP - 124
EP - 141
JO - Nuclear Physics B
JF - Nuclear Physics B
ER -