A class of half-BPS boundary conditions for $A_{K-1}$ circular quivers

Abstract

We study a string-motivated class of $\frac{1}{2}$-BPS boundary conditions for 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ $A_{K-1}$ circular quiver gauge theories, engineered by D4-branes suspended between NS5-branes on a circle. For D4-branes ending on boundary D6-branes, a single-pole ansatz reduces the BPS equations to a rigid algebraic problem. We characterize the structure of its solutions, which exhibit a winding phenomenon with no analogue for linear quivers, and solve two cases explicitly in closed form. Supported by a brane-duality argument, we propose the maximal-winding solution as a candidate S-dual of the pure Neumann boundary condition.

46 pages, 8 figures